stack up
informal— phrasal verb with stack uk/stæk/us/stæk/verb
(COMPARE)
to compare with another thing of a similar type:
The new model of this car just doesn't stack up against previous models (= is not as good as previous models).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Comparing and contrasting
- against
- analogy
- antithesis
- as against idiom
- balance
- balance sth against sth
- benchmark
- compare
- comparison
- competitive
- contrast
- contrastive
- gold standard
- measure
- perspective
- relative
- relatively
- set
- simile
- vis-à-vis
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