adds up to
Amounts to altogether
Adds up to means to amount to when totaled: The bills add up to more than I expected.
Figuratively, it describes what something ultimately means or implies: All this evidence adds up to one conclusion.
When something doesn't add up, it fails to make sense or seem plausible.
- comes toRegains awareness or totals
- grand totalComplete sum of parts
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- totalComplete sum
- conclusionEnd or deduction
whole picture · coherence · meaning · sum · bottom line · culmination · tally · count · makes sense · consistency · puts two and two together · aggregate · number crunching · arithmetic · calculation · result · end result · equation