stack up bills

Definition

Definition of stack up bills - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

finance

accumulate unpaid invoices or debts

If you don't pay on time, you'll stack up bills quickly.
They began to stack up bills after losing their jobs.
It's easy to stack up bills without a budget.

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Expressions with stack

stack up

arrange objects into a neat pile

She stacked up the books on the shelf.

stack it

fall over or topple clumsily

He tried to jump the fence but stacked it.

blow your stack

become very angry suddenly

He blew your stack when the client canceled the contract without warning.

stack up against

compare with something else

How does this car stack up against the competition?

stack the odds

arrange things to favor a particular outcome

They tried to stack the odds in their favor by studying hard.

stack the deck

arrange things so someone has an unfair advantage

They tried to stack the deck against us.

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French:accumuler, ...
German:Rechnungen stapeln, ...
Italian:accumulare fatture, ...
Spanish:acumular facturas, ...
Portuguese:acumular dívidas, ...
Chinese:积累债务, ...
Japanese:請求書を積み重ねる, ...
Arabic:تَرَاكَمَتِ الفَوَاتِير, ...
Hebrew:לִצְבּוֹר חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת שֶׁלֹּא שֻׁלְּמוּ, ...
Russian:долги накапливать, ...
Ukrainian:накопичувати рахунки, ...
Hindi:बिल चढ़ा लेना, ...
Bengali:বিল বকেয়া ফেলা, ...
Catalan:acumular factures, ...
Czech:nadělat, ...
Danish:ophobe gæld, ...
Dutch:rekeningen opstapelen, ...
Greek:συσσωρεύω χρέη, ...
Hungarian:számlákat felhalmozni, ...
Khmer:បង្កើនបំណុលមិនទាន់បង់, ...
Korean:청구서를 쌓다, ...
Persian:بدهی بالا آوردن, ...
Polish:gromadzić rachunki, ...
Portuguese (BR):acumular dívidas, ...
Romanian:a aduna facturi, ...
Swedish:samla på sig räkningar, ...
Thai:ค้างบิล, ...
Turkish:fatura biriktirmek, ...
Vietnamese:nợ chồng chất, ...

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