mount up
Frequency: 9.035.2 per million words
Phrasal verb meaning to increase in amount or quantity.
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Examples (10)
- The cost quickly mounts up when you add all the extra expenses.
- The bills started to mount up after she lost her job.
- Without proper planning, the problems can easily mount up.
- The evidence against him began to mount up over time.
- If you don't stay organized, the paperwork will quickly mount up.
- With every passing day, the pressure continued to mount up.
- The donations are starting to mount up, which is great news for the charity.
- His debts continued to mount up despite his efforts to pay them down.
- As the deadline approached, the workload began to mount up for the team.
- The number of complaints has mounted up significantly this quarter.