STACK UP


Meaning of STACK UP in English

1.

to keep increasing in quantity until there is a large pile, a long line, etc. :

Cars quickly stacked up behind the bus.

2.

stack (against sb/sth) (used especially in questions or in negatives) to compare with sb/sth else; to be as good as sb/sth else

SYN measure up :

Let's try him in the job and see how he stacks up.

A mobile home simply doesn't stack up against a traditional house.

3.

(used especially in negatives) to seem reasonable; to make sense :

That can't be right. It just doesn't stack up.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.