add up to

1. Amount to, signify, as in The smooth airline connections, luxury hotel, and fine weather added up to the best vacation we'd ever had. [Early 1900s] Also see add up.

Example Sentences

The charges carry heavy sentences and could add up to a prison term of more than 40 years.

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The Bank of England has previously said that the EPR levy could add up to 0.5% to food prices if retailers pass the full cost onto customers.

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What those changes add up to depends on who you ask.

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It said its personal tax pledges would add up to an estimated cost of £70bn a year.

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It said its health pledges would cost £17bn a year and its defence pledges £14bn a year and total spending pledges would add up to £53bn a year.

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