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

Ulmen and Fernandes were for years known as a prominent, celebrity couple chalking up extensive TV, presenting, production, writing and acting roles between them.

From BBC

The difference, traders say, can be chalked up to WTI’s location, far from where the oil is needed in Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those explosive gains can be chalked up to one thing: artificial intelligence.

From Barron's

Flown remotely by pilots in the U.S., the MQ-9s have chalked up an important and previously undisclosed combat first.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those who know Michael, who is also a Stanford-trained lawyer, chalk up his public bellicosity toward Anthropic to a fierce professional loyalty.

From The Wall Street Journal