add up to

Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

Still, these tourist-driven projects add up to the L.A. debut for upward of $2 billion in new art museum infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times

In its forecasts, the OBR said the measures in the Budget add up to £26bn in tax rises in 2029-30, which will bring the UK's tax take to an all-time high of 38% of national income in 2030-31.

From BBC

Eloquently connecting a mathematical design to a generative drive, the two add up to eternity.

From The Wall Street Journal

The DOJ said those seats were “coalition districts,” in which two or more minority groups add up to a majority.

From The Wall Street Journal

"With ultrasound, we can recover water quickly, and cycle again and again. That can add up to a lot per day."

From Science Daily