American Idioms and Expressions

Stack Up (something) Idiom

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stack up (something)
What does stack up (something) mean?		 to make a stack of thingsI stacked up the magazines that I planned to give to the flea market.

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set up (something)
What does "set up (something)" mean?		 to establish something, to provide the money for somethingThe newspaper company provided the money to set up the new travel magazine.
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have (someone's) blood on one's hands
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go off half-cocked
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No questions asked
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