rack up
Tally over time
To rack up is to accumulate or amass, typically in quantity: She racked up impressive sales numbers, He racked up thousands of dollars in debt.
The phrase often appears with scores, points, wins, bills, or charges—things that mount over time.
The image comes from the rack used to arrange balls in billiards or to tally scores.
Collect in quantity
- accrueIncrease by addition
- compileCollect into unified whole
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- collectBring items together
aggregate · heap · tally · mount · gather · total · notch · log
Units of tally
- goalsIntended end results
- winsAchieved first places
- victoriesSuccessful outcomes in competition
- touchdownsFootball scoring plays
hits · runs · baskets · kills · assists · streaks · records · achievements
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
- expensesMoney spent on things
- costsAmounts required to pay
- feesCosts for services
fines · interest · credit · loans · balance · arrears · liabilities · overdraft
Things subtracted from standing
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- violationsBreaches of rules
- infractionsMinor violations of rules
penalties · fouls · citations · complaints · warnings · offenses · errors · mistakes
amass
Collect in quantity
collect · aggregate · heap · tally · mount · gather · total · notch · log · register
points
Units of tally
touchdowns · hits · runs · baskets · kills · assists · streaks · records · achievements · milestones
bills
fees · fines · interest · credit · loans · balance · arrears · liabilities · overdraft · tab
losses
Things subtracted from standing
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
- violationsBreaches of rules
infractions · penalties · fouls · citations · complaints · warnings · offenses · errors · mistakes · setbacks
- billiardspool table, cue stick, eight-ball, cue, billiard balls
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- exploitationexploit, predatory, sex trafficking, take advantage, human trafficking
rack uplose
Fail to keep
deplete · run through · burn through · use up · whittle down