chalk up

verb

chalked up; chalking up; chalks up

transitive verb

1

: ascribe, credit

chalked up his failures to inexperience

2

: attain, achieve

chalk up another victory

Synonyms

• accredit
• ascribe
• attribute
• credit
• impute
• lay
• put down

Examples of chalk up in a Sentence

let's chalk up her weird behavior to simple nervousness

chalked up a record in singles tennis that is likely to stand for a long time

Recent Examples on the Web

Jubilee’s shows have chalked up more than 4 billion views since the channel’s inception in 2010. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024

Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Lunar ambitions China is already chalking up global firsts in its moon exploration program. —Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2024

Meanwhile, Disney in its latest earnings report announced somewhat lackluster spending from visitors to its US parks, which the company chalked up to jitters about the economy. —David Goldman, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024

Last year, the company won seven awards for innovation at CES, the world’s largest tech event, and it’s chalked up 18 awards there in all since 2017. —Jenny B. Fine, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 2