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mount up

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  1. get up on the back of
    mount a horse

How To Use mount up In A Sentence

  • It isn't a good idea to let bills mount up.
  • Step one - Don't throw away your empty cigarette boxes, keep them and let them mount up.
  • Also watch out for extra costs, as these quickly mount up: our hot buffet breakfast, which was nothing special, came to an eye-watering £40 for two.
  • If you hide away your problems and pretend that they don't exist they will just continue to mount up.
  • If the school has a long list of uniform requirements the costs can mount up rapidly, particularly as the child might quickly grow out of an expensive blazer or need new sports shoes.
  • A takeaway meal for two can easily cost £20 or more so indulging in one of those every week can soon mount up.
  • This can mount up very quickly if not spotted, and leave a farmer in serious financial difficulties.
  • People think they will just pay the minimum payment but then the charges soon begin to mount up.
  • Delays mount up as aircraft circle the skies, vainly waiting for a landing slot. Times, Sunday Times
  • The family live a shiftless existence, ‘doing the skedaddle’ from place to place when the bills mount up, sleeping in cardboard boxes and finding their best food source in dustbin leftovers. The Glass Castle « Tales from the Reading Room
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