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chalks something up to experience

chalks something up to experience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chalk something up to experience.

Meaning of chalk something up to experience

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To take a lesson from a bad outcome instead of grieving it.
    • However, if the amounts are small and you've exhausted your personal resources, you can chalk it up to experience and write it off at the end of the year. (I did this on several small checks returned for insufficient funds.)1990, Michele Loftus, How to Start and Operate a Home-based Word Processing Or Desktop Publishing Business, Adams Media Corporation, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chalk up to, experience.

Questions about chalks something up to experience

What is chalks something up to experience the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chalks something up to experience is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chalk something up to experience.

Words near chalks something up to experience in the dictionary

  1. chalks against
  2. chalks down
  3. chalks it down
  4. chalks off
  5. chalks out
  6. chalks something up to experience
  7. chalks up
  8. chalks up to
  9. chalkstick fracture
  10. chalkstone
  11. chalkstones

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