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

To be eligible, employees must be at a senior director level or below, and their years of employment and age must add up to at least 70.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

That can add up to millions of dollars in savings for the people attending these workshops, who generally have a net worth ranging from about $25 million to $200 million, he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

If a project shoots in Manitoba, for instance, the federal and provincial credits and uplifts can add up to more than 60%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

They are alarmed by the possibility that their tactical victories over Iran will not add up to a strategic advance.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

What did it all add up to: something as incongruous and as crazy as raising a brood in a skeleton?

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols