English Explanatory Dictionary

chalk up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To achieve something.
  2. To assign a debt to someone.
  3. To attribute to something, often tangentially.

Pronunciation

en-us-chalk up.ogg

Word forms

chalk up chalks up chalking up chalked up

Etymology

Probably from the fact that many problems were figured out using chalk on a chalk board.

Related words

chalk up to
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