verb
1. accumulate as a debt (Freq. 1)
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he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening
• Syn: ↑run up
• Hypernyms: ↑owe
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. keep score, as in games (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑tally
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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transitive verbwhy the invasion was not launched still puzzles the field marshal, but he chalks it up to … grudging fondness for the English — Time
the company will chalk up enormous profits
chalk up a record score
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chalk up
1. To make a special (esp mental) note of
2. To record (a score, etc)
3. To charge or ascribe to (a person or to a person's account, etc)
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Main Entry: ↑chalk
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chalk up [phrasal verb]
As a runner, he's chalked up about 1,000 miles on the track.
The company has chalked up huge losses this quarter.
2 Brit : to charge (the cost of drinks or food) to your account to be paid for later
Chalk up these drinks to my account, please.
3 chalk (something) up to (something) chiefly US : to explain (something) by stating its cause : to say that (something) was caused by (something)
Her early mistakes can be chalked up to inexperience.
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Main Entry: ↑chalk
Useful english dictionary. 2012.