chalk up

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 )

Idioms and Phrases

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]

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

Example Sentences

She has also overseen a 25% drop in homicides, an impressive feat in a country exhausted by drug violence that she chalks up to her administration’s aggressive new crackdown on organized crime.

From Los Angeles Times

He chalks up his easygoing demeanor to the high-wattage professionalism of the cast, and his familiarity with the music.

From Los Angeles Times

The win maintained Brook's impressive start as England white-ball captain as he chalked up his sixth victory from as many matches in charge.

From BBC

He chalked up the controversy to a “not in my backyard” attitude.

From Los Angeles Times

New chief executive Scott O'Neil is already chalking up handy victories.

From BBC