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chalking up

chalking up is the present participle and gerund of chalk up.

Meaning of chalk up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To achieve something.
    • to chalk up a victory
  2. (Australia, archaic, slang) To assign a debt to someone.
    • Give me another drink and chalk it up to John.
  3. (US, slang) To attribute to something, often tangentially.
    • I know we lost, but can we chalk it up as a win?

Questions about chalking up

What is chalking up the present participle and gerund of?
Chalking up is the present participle and gerund of chalk up.

Words near chalking up in the dictionary

  1. chalking down
  2. chalking it down
  3. chalking off
  4. chalking out
  5. chalking something up to experience
  6. chalking up
  7. chalking up to
  8. chalkings
  9. chalkitis
  10. chalkland
  11. chalklands

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