added up to

Came to together

Added up to means reached a total when combined: The expenses added up to more than we expected.

Figuratively, it means amounted to or resulted in: All his excuses added up to nothing.

When something doesn't add up, it fails to make sense or be believable.

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aggregate · all told · consequence · net effect · outcome · result · inference · significance · meaning · essence · in the end · accumulation · tally · grand total · deduction · impact · equaled · implication

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mathematical operation

added up totook away from

Diminished value or impact

logical coherence

added up tofell apart

Broke into components

cumulative significance

added up tocame to nothing

Produced no outcome

petered out

Family

add, added, adding, adds, addition, additional, additionally, additive, addendum

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