stacks up
Holds its own
Stacks up is a phrasal verb meaning to compare or measure against something else, often in terms of quality or performance: How does the new model stack up against the competition?
It can also mean to accumulate or add up over time: The evidence is really stacking up.
When things don't stack up, they fail to make sense or seem inconsistent: His story just doesn't stack up.
- pileAccumulated mass of objects
- piles upGathers in increasing quantity
- compareAssess relative likeness
- side by sideAdjacent and parallel
- heapJumbled collection of items
juxtapose · mound · measure · adds up · assess · benchmark · holds up · rank · tower · weigh · weighs in · evaluate · bundle · aggregation · fare · lines up · arrange · align
stacks upfalls short
Fails to meet standard
underwhelms · disappoints · flops · underperforms · bombs
stacks updwindles
Gradually becomes smaller
disperses · diminishes · depletes · scatters · dissipates