add up to

Idioms and Phrases

Amount to, signify, as in The smooth airline connections, luxury hotel, and fine weather added up to the best vacation we'd ever had . [Early 1900s] Also see add up .

Example Sentences

These creative duos all seem to add up to what made this movie special.

From Salon

Together, those donations add up to more than $700,000.

From Los Angeles Times

Banks are looking for smaller deposits that could add up to more than $10,000, so don’t think spreading out the deposits will help you avoid scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times

These add up to about $18.6bn.

From BBC

District Court Judge David O. Carter’s order requiring it to provide 750 units of temporary supportive housing on the campus within 18 months and come up with a plan to add up to 1,800 units of permanent housing within six years.

From Los Angeles Times