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he has chalked up a box-office success
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
chalk something up to — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me … New idioms dictionary
chalk something up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms chalk something up : present tense I/you/we/they chalk something up he/she/it chalks something up present participle chalking something up past tense chalked something up past participle chalked something up… … English dictionary
chalk something up to something else — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me … New idioms dictionary
chalk something up — achieve something noteworthy. → chalk … English new terms dictionary
chalk something up — 1) he has chalked up another success Syn: achieve, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed in making, make, get, obtain, rack up 2) I forgot completely chalk it up to age Syn: attribute … Thesaurus of popular words
chalk something up to something — ˌchalk sth ˈup to sth derived (NAmE, informal) to consider that sth is caused by sth • We can chalk that win up to a lot of luck. Main entry: ↑chalkderived … Useful english dictionary
chalk something up to experience — put sth down to exˈperience idiom (also chalk sth up to exˈperience) used to say that sb should think of a failure as being sth that they can learn from • We lost a lot of money, but we just put it down to experience. Main entry: ↑ex … Useful english dictionary
chalk something out — sketch or plan something … Useful english dictionary
chalk — something up … Thesaurus of popular words
chalk up to something else — chalk (something) up to (something else) to say that something is caused by something else. She doesn t even bother to say thank you, but I just chalk it up to bad manners and try not to let it bother me … New idioms dictionary
