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tally up

tally up verb: to count or sum; to add up.

Verb

tally up (third-person singular simple present tallies up, present participle tallying up, simple past and past participle tallied up)

  1. (transitive) To count or sum; to add up.
    • When we tallied up the scores at the end of the game, we were surprised to find that Jack was the overall winner.
    • Used to play a game in my head when I'd date a guy / Tally up the girls that he fucked 'til I start to cry2026, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro, “The Cure”, in You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

Forms of tally up

third-person singular presenttallies up
present participletallying up
past participletallied up
pasttallied up

Questions about tally up

What does tally up mean?
Tally up means to count or sum; to add up.
What part of speech is tally up?
Tally up is a verb.
What is the past tense of tally up?
The past tense of tally up is tallied up.

Words near tally up in the dictionary

  1. tally shops
  2. tally stick
  3. tally sticks
  4. tally system
  5. tally trade
  6. tally up
  7. tally van
  8. tally vans
  9. tally-ho
  10. tally-hos
  11. tally-man

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