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chalk up

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To attribute, credit, or blame. 2 (context transitive English) to achieve something

WordNet
chalk up
  1. v. accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" [syn: run up]

  2. keep score, as in games [syn: tally]

Usage examples of "chalk up".

I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

He tossed the chalk up in the air in intricate juggling pattern, then in between catches scribbled cryptic symbols in the air.

He tossed his bit of chalk up and down, shifting from one foot to the other, and finally announced that there was one more sigĀ­.

Well, they had no writing materials and Zainal, strong as he was, couldn't exactly carry a sheet of rock with him to chalk up the miles.

Victor tossed the chalk up and down thoughtfully, and then wrote: 'I THINK BCOS WE NEVER INVENTED SOUND MOVIES.

Put the names aside, chalk up the day as a wash--Sid Hudgens made pursuit a dead issue.

I would tend to chalk up this reaction to the profound stress of having to deal with the situation on her own without any support, having the dead child found right in the house after police searches had missed her, and realizing therefore that the crime scene was coming apart before her eyes.