Definition

1. Verb:
   • To record or accumulate a distance travelled: This verb specifically refers to the act of registering or tallying the total distance that has been covered, typically by a vehicle like a plane or car. It implies keeping a cumulative record.

Usage

• The verb "log up" is used with an object (a distance or number of miles/kilometers). It is often found in contexts related to transportation, travel, and record-keeping.
• Common Structure: to log up + [distance/number] + (miles/kilometers/hours).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The pilot has logged up over 10,000 flight hours in his career.
  • Our old family car has logged up nearly 200,000 miles.
  • They managed to log up 500 kilometers on the first day of their road trip.

Advanced Usage

• "to log up time": To accumulate a recorded amount of time spent doing something, especially in a professional or skilled context.
  • As a trainee, you need to log up at least 50 hours of supervised practice.

Variants and Related Words

• Log (verb): To make an official record of events, facts, or figures. This is the base verb.
  • Please log all your daily expenses in the spreadsheet.
• Odometer (noun): An instrument in a vehicle that measures and logs up the distance travelled.
• Accumulate (verb): To gather or build up over time. A more general synonym.

Synonyms

• Accrue: To accumulate or receive over time.
• Notch up: To achieve or record a score or amount.
• Chalk up: To attribute or score; to achieve or record.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Log in/on: To gain access to a computer system by entering identification details.
  • You must log in to your account to see the report.
• Log off/out: To exit a computer system.
  • Don't forget to log out when you finish.

Related Idioms

• "To have miles/klicks on the clock": An idiom meaning a vehicle has travelled a certain distance (similar in concept to logging up miles).
  • This van has a lot of miles on the clock, but it still runs well.

Verb

1. record a distance travelled; on planes and cars