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rack up

British  

verb

  1. to accumulate (points)

  2. Also: rack down.  to adjust the vertical alignment of (the picture from a film projector or telecine machine) so that the upper or lower edges of the frame do not show

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rack up Idioms  

  1. Accumulate or score, as in Last night's episode of that new sitcom racked up at least fifteen points in the ratings. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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Osbourne racked up more than 100 million worldwide album sales over five decades, including 19 studio albums and eight live albums with Black Sabbath and another 13 studio albums as a solo artist.

From BBC

But keep in mind that this solution doesn’t work if the borrower is racking up additional credit-card debt while paying off the loan.

From MarketWatch

It followed a similarly dominant bonus-point win to open their season against Western Force to leave them top of the standings, racking up 106 points from two games.

From Barron's

Since then, she's racked up over one billion streams and scored a major worldwide hit with 2023's Boy's a Liar, Pt.

From BBC

These videos have racked up hundreds of thousands of views on social media platforms like Instagram, Line and YouTube.

From BBC

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