mount up to
Example Sentences
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The original judge said: "The mass of inconsistencies in all three accounts mount up to paint a wholly unreliable and inconsistent picture and one which as a result must be considered to lack credibility."
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
The amount that it would take to significantly improve the lives of these workers wouldn’t mount up to a rounding error in a quarter’s earnings.
From Forbes ● Aug. 25, 2014
This says that, given enough opportunities, the probabilities of even very unlikely events can mount up to be almost certain.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2014
Only when it comes Christmas, I can't fetch in the tree nor yet mount up to trim the upper branches, and then I have to call on some one.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
Swaying ever so slightly in her saddle, she brought her wiry little mount up to the platform, and slid from his back as snow slides from a hillside.
From A Dixie School Girl by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
