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mount up

verb

get up on the back of (Freq. 2)

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mount a horse

• Syn: ↑hop on, ↑mount, ↑get on, ↑jump on, ↑climb on, ↑bestride

• Ant: ↑hop out (for: ↑hop on)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑mount (for: ↑mount)

• Hypernyms: ↑move

• Hyponyms: ↑remount

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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ˌmount ˈup derived

to increase gradually in size and quantity

Syn: ↑build up

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Meanwhile, my debts were mounting up.

Main entry: ↑mount_derived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.