add up

verb

1. to find the sum (of)
2. intr to result in a correct total
3. informal.
   intr to make sense
4. intrfoll byto to amount to

Example Sentences

Highlights seemed less important than encounters that added up to an overall experience.

From Los Angeles Times

Some without realizing how they were adding up.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a major non-Nato ally and has been leery of Russian influence in Algeria, Libya and the Sahel - adding up to a mix that would be stirred if Trump cuts deals with Putin.

From BBC

Developing nations are calling for richer countries to agree together on a fund that could add up to $1 trillion, using public and private money.

From BBC

In this election, Trump relied on five key themes of gaslighting, all of them adding up to an overarching sixth theme: Democrats are the real threat to American democracy, and Donald Trump is its savior.

From Salon

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