stack against
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to place items in a pile leaning on a vertical surface, such as a wall
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Examples (10)
- The cases were stacked against the wall.
- He carefully stacked the old books against the back of the shelf.
- We spent the afternoon stacking firewood against the shed.
- The extra chairs had been stacked against the far corner.
- Please stack these empty boxes against the cupboard.
- The gardener stacked the empty pots against the fence.
- A pile of discarded newspapers lay stacked against the railing.
- They have stacked all the cleaned plates against the dish rack.
- The workers were busy stacking bricks against the newly built wall.
- The artist had stacked several canvases against each other in the studio.