Stacked up against
And in 1964, when I was an investigator for Senator Russell on the Warren Commission and Hoover was pursuing his own independent investigation into the President’s assassination, he and I could only stare at one another again on either side of the abyss of that crime. Stacked up against the enormity of what had happened, Hoover and I both understood that there are some battles you cannot win. So you leave them alone so you can fight another day.
The Day After Roswell
Hi. Does the bold "stacked up against" mean "compared with"? If not, what does it mean here?
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zuotengdazuo Does the bold "stacked up against" mean "compared with"? He wrote nonsense. I can't tell what he thought he was writing, but it didn't get onto the page.
- zuotengdazuo Does the bold "stacked up against" mean "compared with"?
- He wrote nonsense.
- I can't tell what he thought he was writing, but it didn't get onto the page.
- If one thing is stacked up against another, they are compared.
- He is not comparing anything.
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zuotengdazuoDoes the bold "stacked up against" mean "compared with"?
He wrote nonsense. I can't tell what he thought he was writing, but it didn't get onto the page. If one thing is stacked up against another, they are compared. He is not comparing anything.
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