chalking up
Assigning a cause
Chalking up means attributing or crediting something to a particular cause or category.
You chalk up a loss to bad luck, chalk up a win to hard work, or chalk up experience points in a game.
The phrase comes from recording scores or debts on a chalkboard: Let's chalk that up to a learning experience.
To chalk up victories or achievements is to accumulate them: She's chalked up three wins this season.
- scoringEarning points in competition
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- notchingCutting small grooves
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
keeping score · mark · victory · registering · tallying · tally marks · running total · blaming · rationalizing · ascribing · milestone · track record · point · experience points · success · crediting · interpreting · attributing
chalking uperasing
Removing recorded marks
wiping out · subtracting · deducting · deleting · removing
chalking upforgetting
Failing to retain memories
ignoring · overlooking · disregarding · dismissing · letting slide
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