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.
- accumulatedGradually collected or gathered
- amassedGathered in abundance
- ran upAmassed over time
- chalked upAttributed to a source
- earnedGained by effort
built up · incurred · totaled · piled up · piled on · scored · owed · collected · penalized · tabulated · tallied · added up · fined · counted · rung up · won · indebted · gained
racked uplost
Unable to navigate
squandered · forfeited · depleted · frittered away · shed
racked upblew
Moved air forcefully
drew a blank · botched · struck out · bungled · choked
racked uppaid off
Yielded a positive result
cleared · settled · discharged · wiped out · eliminated