stack up to (someone or something)
stack up to (someone or something)
To compare to or rank against someone or something similar, especially in a worthy, respectable, or favorable manner. Well, does the new car stack up to your old one? He's obsessed with how he stacks up to my previous boyfriends. I appreciate that she's giving us another story in this universe, but this new book just doesn't stack up to the original trilogy.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stack up to someone or something
[for someone or something] to measure up favorably when compared to someone or something. How do you think I stack up to Liz? My car stacks up pretty well to yours.
See also: stack, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- stack up to
- (someone or something) to shout about
- shout about
- to shout about
- throw mud
- fling mud
- fling/sling/throw mud
- blow (one's) stack
- blow one’s stack
- blow your stack