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add something up
to sum or total a set of figures. (See also add up (to something).) Please add these figures up again. I didn't add up these figures!
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add up (to something)

1. Lit. [for a set of figures] to equal a total. These figures don't add up to the right total!
2. Fig. [for facts or explanations] to make sense. (Considering facts as if they were figures.) Your explanation just doesn't add up!
See also: add, up

add up (spoken)
1. to be reasonable His story of what happened to him just doesn't add up.
Usage notes: usually used with not, as in the example
2. to increase in expense With five kids in the family, our medical bills really add up.
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