Skip to Content

English Club : Learn English : Vocabulary
Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : A : add up to

add up to

Meaning: If two or more numbers add up to another number, this is the total you get if you add them together.

Synonym: total, come to

For example:

  • add up to sth What do 19 and 17 add up to? Do they add up to 36, or is it 46?

  • add up to sth Here are the bills we have to pay this week. They add up to over five hundred dollars!

Quick Quiz:

If I have 3 eggs in the fridge and I buy a dozen more, they'll add up to
  1. scrambled eggs
  2. fifteen eggs
  3. nine eggs

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

Get the ebook:
1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context

Discuss: add up to

Phrasal Verb of the Day

This entry is in the following categories: