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Definition of add up to phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

add up to

phrasal verb
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add up to something
  1. to make a total amount of something
    • The numbers add up to exactly 100.
    Topics Maths and measurementb2
  2. to lead to a particular result; to show something synonym amount to something
    • These clues don't really add up to very much (= give us very little information).
    Topics Change, cause and effectc2
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