STACK UP


Meaning of STACK UP in English

1.

If you ask how one person or thing stacks up against other people or things, you are asking how the one compares with the others. ( INFORMAL )

How does this final presidential debate stack up and compare to the others, do you think?

= compare

PHRASAL VERB : no passive , V P

2.

If facts or figures do not stack up , they do not make sense or give the results you expect.

There have been a number of explanations, but none of them stack up.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

3.

see stack 2

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