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chalk up

verb

to score or register (something)
we chalked up 100 in the game
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]

Credit or ascribe, as They chalked their success up to experience . [First half of 1900s]

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The win maintained Brook's impressive start as England white-ball captain as he chalked up his sixth victory from as many matches in charge.

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He chalked up the controversy to a “not in my backyard” attitude.

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New chief executive Scott O'Neil is already chalking up handy victories.

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It doesn't really matter if these trends were already in train, as long as the US president can be allowed to chalk up a "win".

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A notable recent success can be chalked up to Georgia Atty.

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