chalk up

British  

verb

1. to score or register (something)

   we chalked up 100 in the game

2. to credit (money) to an account etc (esp in the phrase chalk it up )

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chalk up Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

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chalk up

By some measures, individual stocks in the U.S. have been less correlated than ever this year, which many chalk up to the race to identify AI winners and losers across industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Sure, party leaders can try to chalk up this result to a one-off mistake.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Given those gains, it would be hard to chalk up today’s moves to much more than profit taking.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

Let’s chalk up your girlfriend’s comments to momentary bad judgment.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025

“I love this guy. Come on, new friend. Let’s go chalk up my thirteenth defeat in a row!”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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