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What does "add up" mean?
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Amount to an expected or correct total, as in These figures don't add up, meaning they are not correct. [Mid-1800s]
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Be consistent, make sense, as in I'm not sure that all this testimony will add up. [First half of 1900s]
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Assess, form an opinion of, as in He looked across the track and added up the competition. Also see add up to.
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