stack, stack up, full-stack, free run of the stacks, be stacked against/in favour of

Hillary’s Clintonomics is better than her husband's was. She recognizes (as she said at the start of her campaign) that the “cards are still stacked in favor of those at the top.”

How Twitter stacks up against Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and other tech companies when they filed for an IPO: http://on.wsj.com/GAPCJm

Do you think Twitter will be a good investment?

Ahmadinejad Reaps Benefits of Stacking Key Iran Agencies With His Allies
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Iran’s president has kept a low profile since the disputed election, but he has powerful backers, some of whom are determined to hold on to power undemocratically if necessary.




In the state archives in Raleigh, North Carolina, he was confined to a tiny separate room and allowed free run of the stacks because the white assistants would not serve him.

run
Unrestricted freedom or use: I had the run of the library.

stacks The area of a library in which most of the books are shelved.

(be stacked against/in favour of) Used to refer to a situation which is such that an unfavourable or afavourable outcome is overwhelmingly likely:the odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup

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• While the odds were stacked against them, the trio were able to establish contact with Wellington-based Maritime Radio which relayed their plight to Bay of Plenty Coastguard.
• Frye's turnout surprised San Diego voters partly because, from a practical standpoint, the odds were stacked against her.
• Wolff Reik, cloning expert at the Babraham Institute, Cambridge, said even if the woman became pregnant the odds were stacked against the baby.

stack
n.

1. A large, usually conical pile of straw or fodder arranged for outdoor storage.
2. An orderly pile, especially one arranged in layers. See synonyms at heap.
3. Computer Science. A section of memory and its associated registers used for temporary storage of information in which the item most recently stored is the first to be retrieved.
4. A group of three rifles supporting each other, butt downward and forming a cone.
5. 1. A chimney or flue.
   2. A group of chimneys arranged together.
6. A vertical exhaust pipe, as on a ship or locomotive.
7. An extensive arrangement of bookshelves. Often used in the plural.
8. stacks The area of a library in which most of the books are shelved.
9. A stackup.
10. An English measure of coal or cut wood, equal to 108 cubic feet (3.06 cubic meters).
11. Informal. A large quantity: a stack of work to do.

v., stacked, stack·ing, stacks. v.tr.

1. To arrange in a stack; pile.
2. To load or cover with stacks or piles: stacked the dishwasher.
3. 1. Games. To prearrange the order of (a deck of cards) so as to increase the chance of winning.
   2. To prearrange or fix unfairly so as to favor a particular outcome: tried to stack the jury.
4. To direct (aircraft) to circle at different altitudes while waiting to land.

v.intr.
To form a stack.
phrasal verb:
stack up Informal.

1. To measure up or equal: Their gift doesn't stack up against his.
2. To make sense; add up: Her report just doesn't stack up.

[Middle English stac, from Old Norse stakkr.]

stackable stack'a·ble adj.
stacker stack'er n.

What is a Full Stack developer? | Laurence Gellert's Blog
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Aug 1, 2012 - To me, a Full Stack Developer is someone with familiarity in each layer, if not mastery in many and a genuine interest in all software technology.

stack up

• 1 (or stack something up) form or cause to form a large quantity; build up:cars stack up behind every bus, while passengers stand in line to pay fares

• 2North American informal measure up; compare:our rural schools stack up well against their urban counterparts
• [usually with negative] make sense; correspond to reality:to blame the debacle on the antics of a rogue trader is not credible—it doesn’t stack up