chalk up
Attribute a win
To chalk up is to record or attribute, originally from marking scores on a chalkboard.
You chalk up wins, losses, or achievements: Chalk up another victory for the home team.
To chalk something up to a cause is to attribute it: I'll chalk it up to inexperience.
The phrase often minimizes or dismisses: Let's chalk it up to a bad day and move on.
Attribute to a cause
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- assignGive as responsibility
- imputeAssign to a cause
- put down toAttribute to a cause
pin on · account for · link to · attribute · refer to · hang on
achieve
Succeed through effort
clinch · notch · rack up · accumulate · gain · score · win · post · record · register
ascribe
Attribute to a cause
put down to · pin on · account for · link to · attribute · refer to · hang on
record
Preserved account or achievement
log · note · tabulate · enumerate · track · keep score · mark · add · total · accumulate
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- Pre-event routinesstretching, warm-up, visualization, breathing exercises, gear check
- warm-upsjumping jacks, leg swings, arm circles, hip circles, arm swings
- poolswimming pool, cue ball, object ball, pool table, pool cue
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