chalk up
chalk up · chalks up · chalked up · chalking up
записать на свой счёт
To achieve somethingTo achieve something.
» Chalk it up as a loss.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To achieve something.
to chalk up a victory
записа́ть на свой счётzapisátʹ na svoj sčot
(US, slang)To attribute to something, often tangentially.
I know we lost, but can we chalk it up as a win?
(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 sentencesChalk it up as a loss.
Chalk one up for the gipper.
I chalked it up to tiredness.
ruЯ списал это на усталость. — marafon
You might just chalk up some brownie points.
He will chalk up more than ten points.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
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 form | chalk up · to chalk up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chalks up |
| Present participle | chalking up |
| Past simple | chalked up |
| Past participle | chalked up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb