Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To achieve something.

    to chalk up a victory

    записа́ть на свой счётzapisátʹ na svoj sčot

  2. (US, slang)To attribute to something, often tangentially.

    I know we lost, but can we chalk it up as a win?

  3. (Australia, archaic, slang)To assign a debt to someone.

    Give me another drink and chalk it up to John.

    accumulate, sometimes as a debt

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Chalk it up as a loss.

  2. Chalk one up for the gipper.

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  3. I chalked it up to tiredness.

    ruЯ списал это на усталость. — marafon

  4. You might just chalk up some brownie points.

  5. He will chalk up more than ten points.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to achieve something:

Origin

Refers to recording information on a blackboard with chalk.

Refers to recording information on a blackboard with chalk.

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Forms

chalks up, chalking up, chalked up, chalked up
Base formchalk up · to chalk up
3rd person singularchalks up
Present participlechalking up
Past simplechalked up
Past participlechalked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychalk up
he, she, itchalks up

Past simpleLesson

all personschalked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chalked up
he, she, ithas chalked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chalk up

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • accumulate, sometimes as a debt:run up
  • keep score, as in games:tally

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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