View synonyms for stack up

stack up

Make sense, seem plausible, as in Her explanation just doesn't stack up . Also see add up , def. 2.
Measure up, equal, as in Their gift doesn't stack up against mine . This usage alludes to piling up one's chips at poker, and comparing them to those of the other players. [Early 1900s]

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Chicken satay and shrimp cocktail are also good options, as you can watch the skewers and tails stack up.

It will have to stack up against everything else the medium has to offer.

Over the years, as my trips away stack up, the kids have become more and more vigilant.

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But how would the Idaho stack up against the something that lay below the horizon?

Then show me what youve got to stack up against this ninety-eight dollars.

Leastways, when it comes to brains, I reckon they'll stack up better'n them Portygees you used to have.

Looking things over the morning after, I'm not so stuck on myself as I was, but you stack up pretty well.

There should be enough room to face and fill barrels and head them up and to stack up enough for half a day's hauling ahead.

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