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chalks up

chalks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chalks up

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

Words near chalks up in the dictionary

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

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