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rack up
verb
1. gain points in a game (Freq. 1)
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The home team scored many times

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He hit a home run

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He hit .300 in the past season

• Syn: ↑score, ↑hit, ↑tally
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tally (for: ↑tally), ↑hit (for: ↑hit), ↑score (for: ↑score), ↑scorer (for: ↑score)
• Hypernyms:
↑gain, ↑advance, ↑win, ↑pull ahead, ↑make headway, ↑get ahead, ↑gain ground
• Hyponyms:
↑par, ↑shoot, ↑convert, ↑homer, ↑kick, ↑eagle, ↑hole up, ↑ace, ↑walk, ↑equalize, ↑equalise, ↑get even, ↑have, ↑get, ↑make
• Entailment: ↑compete, ↑vie, ↑contend
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

2. place in a rack
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rack pool balls

• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. defeat thoroughly
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He mopped up the floor with his opponents

• Syn: ↑worst, ↑pip, ↑mop up, ↑whip
• Derivationally related forms: ↑whipping (for: ↑whip)
• Hypernyms: ↑beat, ↑beat out, ↑crush, ↑shell, ↑trounce, ↑vanquish
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

4. supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
• Hypernyms: ↑fill, ↑fill up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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rack up [phrasal verb]
rack up (something) informal : to achieve or get (something) as time passes : ↑accumulate

I wanted to rack up as many points as possible.

The company has racked up huge losses/sales.

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Main Entry: ↑rack

Useful english dictionary. 2012.