add up to

Verb

Meaning

add up to (third-person singular simple present adds up to, present participle adding up to, simple past and past participle added up to)

(transitive) To have a particular effect in combination.
The costs of all the parts added up to five times the cost of the car.
Increasing prices and frozen wages add up to hardship for the poorer families.

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Make bold choices and make mistakes. It's all those things that add up to the person you become. Angelina Jolie

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. Marian Wright Edelman

All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality. Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Millions do not always add up to what a man needs out of life. Aristotle Onassis

My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much. Gwyneth Paltrow

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. Chantal Kreviazuk

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