Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.

    Chalk it up to fear that he didn't finish.

    приписатьpripisatʹ

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I chalked it up to tiredness.

    ruЯ списал это на усталость. — marafon

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  2. Yanni had to use chalk to mark the walls of the tunnel in order to find his way back.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
idiomatic: to attribute something to something:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personschalked up to

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chalk up to

Synonyms

11 synonyms
attachB1attributeB2chargeB1drawA1layB1reposeC2accreditimputeput down toascribe

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chaletchalicechalkchalkboardchallahchallengeA2
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