rack up

accumuler, engranger

Obtenir beaucoup de points, de victoires ou d’autres succès.

En anglais simple : To gain a large number of points, wins, or other successes.

• We racked up ten points.
• She has racked up several wins this season.
• How many goals did they rack up?

Comment l'utiliser : rack up something (Their team racked up twenty points.)

Synonymes : accumulate, amass, notch up

Expressions courantes : rack up points, rack up wins, rack up victories

accumuler

Réunir une quantité de quelque chose ou la faire augmenter, souvent beaucoup.

En anglais simple : To collect or build up an amount of something, often a large amount.

• He racked up large debts.
• We racked up hundreds of miles on our trip.
• How did you rack up so many parking fines?

Comment l'utiliser : rack up something (The repairs racked up huge costs.)

Synonymes : accumulate, build up, amass

Expressions courantes : rack up debt, rack up bills, rack up miles

disposer les boules

Placer les boules dans un cadre avant une partie de billard ou de snooker.

En anglais simple : To arrange balls in a frame before a game of pool or snooker.

• Please rack up the balls.
• The referee racked up the reds.
• Who will rack up before the next game?

Comment l'utiliser : rack up something / rack something up (She racked the balls up for another game.)

Synonymes : rack

Expressions courantes : rack up the balls, rack the balls up

écraser, battre à plate couture

Battre un adversaire très facilement et avec une grande avance.

En anglais simple : To beat an opponent very easily and by a large amount.

• They racked us up yesterday.
• Our team was racked up in the final.
• The stronger player racked up every opponent.

Comment l'utiliser : rack someone up (The champions racked their opponents up in the final.)

Synonymes : thrash, trounce, crush

Expressions courantes : rack someone up, rack up an opponent

encaisser ses jetons

Rassembler ses jetons de jeu et les échanger contre de l’argent avant de partir.

En anglais simple : To gather your gambling chips and exchange them for money before leaving.

• I decided to rack up and leave.
• She racked up after winning fifty dollars.
• Are you going to rack up after this hand?

Synonymes : cash out

Expressions courantes : rack up and leave, rack up your chips

attribuer, mettre sur le compte de

Dire qu’un événement s’explique par une cause précise.

En anglais simple : To say that something happened because of a particular cause.

• He racked his success up to luck.
• They racked the delay up to bad weather.
• Can we rack this error up to inexperience?

Comment l'utiliser : rack something up to something (She racked the mistake up to tiredness.)

Synonymes : attribute, chalk up, put down

Expressions courantes : rack up to luck, rack something up