"rack up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rack up.ogg [Australia] Forms: racks up [present, singular, third-person], racking up [participle, present], racked up [participle, past], racked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rack up (third-person singular simple present racks up, present participle racking up, simple past and past participle racked up)
  1. (snooker, transitive, intransitive, billiards, cue sports) to arrange in a rack Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Billiards, Snooker
    Sense id: en-rack_up-en-verb-KWmnA4u4 Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
  2. (idiomatic) to gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-rack_up-en-verb-Z-2vE8y0
  3. (idiomatic) to acquire, to gather together. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-rack_up-en-verb-~uim8PNa
  4. (idiomatic) to defeat severely, to thrash Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-rack_up-en-verb-NX2Df-br Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 11 43 13 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 18 6 13 41 22
  5. (gambling) to collect one's chips and cash out. Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-rack_up-en-verb-TnL1jUm~ Topics: gambling, games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for rack up meaning in English (4.0kB)

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