rack up

verb

racked up; racking up; racks up

transitive verb

: achieve, gain
racked up their 10th victory

Examples of rack up in a Sentence

having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory
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The run game also suffered in Daniels’ absence, with the team only able to rack up 60 yards on the ground. Ben Morse, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025 The track has since racked up nearly 20 million streams on Spotify and sparked buzz in Japan as well, after being used on TikTok by acts including JO1 and Local Campione. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025 As K-pop hits go, the soundtrack has outpaced the genre’s superstar artists, racking up more streams in its first 11 weeks of release than the highest-performing songs by BTS and Blackpink did in theirs. Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 Of course, nothing more could be said without mentioning tight end Tucker Kraft, who racked up seven catches for 143 yards and two touchdowns. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rack up

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rack up was in 1949

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“Rack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rack%20up. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

rack up

verb
: score entry 2 sense 4a
racked 30 points up in the first half
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