mount up

She said having the option at your fingertips made life easier, but the debt "could easily and quickly mount up" so she had managed her finances carefully to avoid falling into a spiral.

Years and years of that mounted up and it got to the point where I couldn't play and it got too much.

I've been covering the industrial action since it began, and even before it escalated, piles of waste were already mounting up in parts of Birmingham.

With that high profile has come high scrutiny, and as the losses mounted up so did the pressure on the club - arguably more so than had they had a less well-recognised name.

It took a few minutes, but Jack eventually mounted up and made it over to the other two.