Add up
Add up verb - Add up in number or quantity.
Make
Make verb - Add up to.
Usage example: four and four make eight
Both terms in one sentence
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Alien Geometries: The distance the party travels within the forest seems to add up and make perfect sense while the group is walking.
Source: Film / Yellow Brick Road -
You can add up all the stuff that doesn't make sense on that show and make an entire new show.
Source: Series / Death Valley -
Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the FUCKIN' DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING!
Source: Rousing Speech
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