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add up to

vb. To have a particular effect.

Usage examples of "add up to".

But it didn't add up to murder, and the circumstantial case spelled outVERMA in big fat caps.

There are minimal indications from the remote past, but they do not add up to a whole.

The spell levels powering each bolt are under the wielder's firm control but can never add up to more than his or her Constitution score.

As far as physical evidence, she was fairly certain the investigation would yield an exhaustive volume of technical specs that would ultimately add up to what she already knew: Someone shot down the shuttlecraft.

The little poot-poots of air that came out of it could hardly be felt, but he could only hope that they would add up to a sizable increase in pressure before too long.

They add up to one thing: he died as he lived, making sacrifices to secure the future.

I had money in my wallet and more money in the bank but it didn't add up to much, and Kim Dakkinen's money was as good as anybody else's and easier to come by, and what difference did it make what she'd done to earn it?