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Verb: rack up  'rak'úp
  1. Gain points in a game
    "The home team is racking up points";
    - score, tally
     
  2. Defeat thoroughly
    "The team racked up their rivals in the championship game";
    - worst, mop up, whip [informal]
     
  3. Place in a rack
    "rack up pool balls";
    - rack
     
  4. Supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals)
    "The stable hand racked up fresh hay for the horses"

Derived forms: racks up, racking up, racked up

Type of: advance, beat, beat out, crush, fill, fill up, forge ahead, gain, gain ground, get ahead, lay, make headway, place, pose, position, pull ahead, put, set, shell [US], trounce, vanquish, win