rack sth up Значение & определение

Значение на rack sth up на български

• 0 to gradually get more points, profits, etc.:

  • He has racked up 450 points in three months.

  • Astronomical profits/losses were racked up by airlines last year.

  • Our landlord racked up the rent by 15 percent this year.

• 1 to gradually gain a large amount of something:

  • The government and debt counsellors believe it is too easy to rack up large numbers of loans.

  • The company's dozen vehicles rack up 144,000 miles a year.

  • He'll rack up $10,000 in bonus money.

  • rack sth up into sth Try to rack these small returns up into modest but consistently positive returns.