chalk up
Britishverb
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to score or register (something)
we chalked up 100 in the game
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to credit (money) to an account etc (esp in the phrase chalk it up )
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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]
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Credit or ascribe, as They chalked their success up to experience . [First half of 1900s]
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