be stacked up
— phrasal verb with stack /stæk/ verb [T]Definition
› If aircraft are stacked up over an airport, they circle over the airport at different heights, waiting to be told they can land.AviationTravelling by aircraftMovement through the airTraffic jams
(Definition of be stacked up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aerial adjective
- aero- prefix
- Air Miles noun
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- bail out phrasal verb (JUMP)
- bank verb (TURN)
- bomber noun (AIRCRAFT)
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