chalk something up

chalk something up
1)

he has chalked up another success

Syn:
achieve, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed in making, make, get, obtain, rack up
2)

I forgot completely — chalk it up to age

Syn:
attribute, assign, ascribe, put down; blame on, pin on, lay at the door of

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  • chalk something up to — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me …   New idioms dictionary

  • chalk something up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chalk something up : present tense I/you/we/they chalk something up he/she/it chalks something up present participle chalking something up past tense chalked something up past participle chalked something up… …   English dictionary

  • chalk something up to something else — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me …   New idioms dictionary

  • chalk something up — 1 he has chalked up another success: ACHIEVE, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed in making, make, get, obtain, notch up, rack up …   Useful english dictionary

  • chalk something up — achieve something noteworthy. → chalk …   English new terms dictionary

  • chalk something up to something — ˌchalk sth ˈup to sth derived (NAmE, informal) to consider that sth is caused by sth • We can chalk that win up to a lot of luck. Main entry: ↑chalkderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • chalk something up to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex …   Useful english dictionary

  • chalk something out — sketch or plan something …   Useful english dictionary

  • chalk — something up …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • chalk up to something else — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me …   New idioms dictionary

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