rack up
Britishverb
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to accumulate (points)
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Also: rack down. to adjust the vertical alignment of (the picture from a film projector or telecine machine) so that the upper or lower edges of the frame do not show
Example Sentences
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And now that the stock has picked up some momentum, a Stifel analyst thinks it can rack up further gains thanks to its cloud business.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
They crunch into every flavor of Wingstop and rack up millions of views; they clean Korean fried chicken drums in one fell bite, without leaving a trace of meat on the bone.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Pakistan piled up 556 batting first on a flat surface but the visitors were unfazed, the batters putting behind nearly two days in the dirt to rack up countless records.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Debate clips rack up millions of views across Instagram and TikTok.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
I knew he’d probably gone to Gygax, or somewhere equally awesome, to speedrun through a few quests and rack up some XPs.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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