racked up

Gathered over time

Racked up means accumulated or amassed, typically in quantity: She racked up thousands of frequent flyer miles, He racked up debt on three credit cards.

The phrase works for both positive achievements (racking up wins) and negative accumulations (racking up violations).

From the rack used to gather balls in billiards.

Related

built up · incurred · totaled · piled up · piled on · scored · owed · collected · penalized · tabulated · tallied · added up · fined · counted · rung up · won · indebted · gained

Opposites
accumulation vs. loss

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Unable to navigate

squandered · forfeited · depleted · frittered away · shed

achievement vs. failure

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Moved air forcefully

drew a blank · botched · struck out · bungled · choked

building vs. clearing (of debts/charges)

racked uppaid off

Yielded a positive result

cleared · settled · discharged · wiped out · eliminated

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G