stack against

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

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.