Definition of Rack up

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rack up
collect, gather

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Rack up Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
rack up

Verb
1. gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
(synonym) score, hit, tally
(hypernym) gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
(hyponym) par
(entail) compete, vie, contend
2. place in a rack; "rack pool balls"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
3. defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
(synonym) worst, pip, mop up, whip
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
4. supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
(hypernym) fill, fill up

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
rack up
compile, increase, build up, run up He racked up a lot of points with his first hand of cribbage.

Australian Slang
Rack up
amass

English Idioms WM 1.3a
rack up
compile, increase, build uprun up 
He racked up a lot of points with his first hand of cribbage.

hEnglish - advanced version
rack up

rack up
v
1. gain points; "the home team scored many times" [syn: score, hit, tally]


2. place in a rack; "rack pool balls"
3. colloquial usage; defeat thoroughly; "he mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: worst, pip, mop up, whip]


4. supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)