rack up
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[edit]rack up (third-person singular simple present racks up, present participle racking up, simple past and past participle racked up)
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive, billiards, cue sports) to arrange in a rack
- At the start of the game, the referee racks up the red balls.
- If you rack up, I'll break.
- (idiomatic) to gain (points etc.; in a game or sport), to accumulate
- Chelsea racked up another 3 points at home to Bolton.
- 2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In between, Mesut Özil's penalty was saved and Arsenal racked up more chances than they would probably want to remember.
- (idiomatic) to acquire, to gather together.
- By the age of 18, he had already racked up thousands of dollars in debt.
- (idiomatic) to defeat severely, to thrash
- (gambling) to collect one's chips and cash out.