the bill amounted to £50 : ADD UP TO, come to, run to, be, make, total; Brit. tot up to.
the delays amounted to maladministration : CONSTITUTE, comprise, be tantamount, come down, boil down; signify, signal, mean, indicate, suggest, denote, point to, be evidence, be symptomatic; poetic/literary betoken.
her relationships had never amounted to anything significant : BECOME, grow/develop into, prove to be, turn out to be.
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