mounts up
Keeps on growing
Mounts up means accumulates or increases over time, especially gradually: The bills mount up when you're not paying attention.
Small amounts that mount up eventually become significant.
The phrase emphasizes how individually minor things can collectively grow substantial—debt, evidence, pressure, frustration.
Interest mounts up quickly on unpaid balances.
- buildsCreates by assembling parts
- ascendsMoves to higher ground
- accruesIncreases by addition
- snowballsCompacted winter precipitation orbs
- intensifiesIncreases in strength
climbs · stacks up · amasses · racks up · balloons · advances · skyrockets · spirals · heightens · rises · aggregates · escalates · develops · piles up · piles on · inflates · multiplies · lifts
accumulation/quantity change
mounts updecreases
Grows smaller in amount
diminishes · dwindles · shrinks · declines · reduces
mount, mounts, mounted, mounting, mountable, unmounted, remount, remounts, remounted