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chalk it down

chalk it down verb: to agree enthusiastically.

Verb

chalk it down (third-person singular simple present chalks it down, present participle chalking it down, simple past and past participle chalked it down)

  1. (Ireland, intransitive, slang) To agree enthusiastically.

Forms of chalk it down

third-person singular presentchalks it down
present participlechalking it down
past participlechalked it down
pastchalked it down

Questions about chalk it down

What does chalk it down mean?
Chalk it down means to agree enthusiastically.
What part of speech is chalk it down?
Chalk it down is a verb.
What is the past tense of chalk it down?
The past tense of chalk it down is chalked it down.

Words near chalk it down in the dictionary

  1. chalk eaters
  2. Chalk Farm
  3. chalk fish
  4. chalk for cheese
  5. chalk full
  6. chalk it down
  7. chalk lettuce
  8. chalk line
  9. chalk lines
  10. chalk maple
  11. chalk mixture

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