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rack up
verb
- to accumulate (points)
- Alsorack 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
Idioms and Phrases
Accumulate or score, as in Last night's episode of that new sitcom racked up at least fifteen points in the ratings . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
Years of Palestinian counterparties failing to pay Gaza’s power bill — for financial and political reasons — had by 2023 racked up a debt to Israel of 2 billion shekels, about $500 million.
She not only racks up the big numbers, she makes everyone around her better, the Trojans connecting on several wide-open shots Monday night in plays concocted by the double-teamed Watkins.
He has been backed by far more than his family now, having racked up support slots with a number of pop music heavyweights like Teddy Swims and Myles Smith.
He returned initially because his George Foreman youth centre was in financial crisis but would rack up 24 wins between 1987 and 1991.
On RedNote, a Chinese social media app, posts tagged with "consumption downgrade" have racked up more than a billion views in recent months.
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