单词 | chalk up |
释义 | chalk upSEE SYNONYMS FOR chalk up ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb) informalto 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) Words nearby chalk upchalkpit, chalkrail, chalkstone, chalk stripe, chalk talk, chalk up, chalky, challah, challenge, challenged, challenge diet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with chalk upchalk up 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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