Translations for „stack-up“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈstack-up N Aus inf

stack-up

Auffahrunfall m

I . stack up VB trans

to stack up ⇆ sth

etw aufstapeln

II . stack up VB intr

1. stack up (build up):

stack up

sich acc zusammen[ballen]

traffic always stacks up around this time of day

um diese Tageszeit herrscht immer dichter Verkehr

2. stack up esp Am inf (compare):

to stack up against sth

im Vergleich zu etw dat gut abschneiden

3. stack up (make sense):

stack up

Sinn ergeben

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

See how different portfolios stack up, from conservative to growth-oriented.

www.thestar.com

For printers several years old, it is common for the dried ink in the spittoon to form a pile that can stack up and touch the printheads, jamming the printer.

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And how do they stack up against "alumni" from peer institutions?

news.mit.edu

It designed the car to stack up superlatives like a pre-schooler piles blocks: heedlessly.

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So it's hardly a surprise that the more life disappointments stack up, the more chippy they become.

metro.co.uk

Spike grabs onto the pier, but the continued backward force causes all the boards to stack up and then come loose.

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