notch up
Add to tally
To notch up is to achieve or accumulate, especially in a competitive context: She notched up another victory, The company has notched up record profits.
The image is of cutting notches to keep count, as on a tally stick.
Chiefly British.
- achieveSucceed through effort
- attainReach through effort
- chalk upAttribute or credit
- pick upLift and take
- tallyRecorded count
log · tick off · secure · register · clock up · earn · accomplish · record · win · make · surpass · do · rack up · run up the score · score · gain · reach · acquire
- improvementget better, improvement, do better, enhance, make progress
- intensity changesincrease, decrease, intensify, amplify, diminish
achievement/accumulation
notch uplose
Fail to keep
forfeit · give up · surrender · relinquish · squander
competitive standing
notch upsuffer
Experience pain or distress
concede · lose ground · fall behind · slip back · take a hit