mount up

VERB

cost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bring in come to require sell for take yield

STRONG

nick rap

WEAK

amount to be asked be demanded be given be marked at be needed be paid be priced at be received be valued at be worth move back sell at set back to the tune of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disallow lose refuse reject

Example Sentences

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As capital punishment’s problems mount up, governors in states like Alabama, Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, and Tennessee have commuted death sentences, stopped executions entirely, and/or launched investigations into the death penalty system.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2023

LACMA’s loss and the Huntington’s gain mount up.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Mr Clarke said there were a lot of people who could not afford to go private as it was very "expensive and if you have to go privately the cost would all mount up".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

By mid-December the number of dead cranes began to mount up and avian flu was identified as the cause.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2021

He barks the order to mount up, and the cavalry trots back out to the main road.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

mount up

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