log up
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Definition
- 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
- record a distance travelled; on planes and cars