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单词 chalk up
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chalk up

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verb (tr, adverb) informal

to score or register (something)we chalked up 100 in the game
to credit (money) to an account etc (esp in the phrase chalk it up)

Words nearby chalk up

chalkpit, chalkrail, chalkstone, chalk stripe, chalk talk, chalk up, chalky, challah, challenge, challenged, challenge diet
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with chalk up

chalk up

1

Score or earn, as in She chalked up enough points to be seeded first in the tournament. This term alludes to recording accounts (and later, scores) in chalk on a slate. [c. 1700]

2

Credit or ascribe, as They chalked their success up to experience. [First half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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