stack

blow your stack/top (informal)

to suddenly become very angry. My mother blew her top when she saw the mess we'd made in the kitchen.

See also: blow, top

stack the deck (mainly American)

to arrange something in a way that is not fair in order to achieve what you want. The manager stacked the deck in Joe's favor so he got the promotion.

See also: deck

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stack the deck

to arrange something so that it is unfair to someone. We wanted to make sure no one was stacking the deck in their favor. The deck truly is stacked against the poor.

Etymology: based on a way of cheating in a card game by secretly arranging the cards so that you will win

See also: deck

stack up (against something)

to compare with something else. We wondered how London restaurants stacked up against Atlanta's.