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notch up

notch up verb: to achieve; to gain by successful effort.

Verb

notch up (third-person singular simple present notches up, present participle notching up, simple past and past participle notched up)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To achieve; to gain by successful effort.
    • John has just notched up another "salesman of the month" prize.
    • He celebrated at full-time with a beaming smile as he collected the match ball and he notched up another milestone by becoming the sixth Welshman to surpass 50 Premier League goals.2021 May 2, Emma Sanders, “Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Sheffield United”, in BBC Sport

Forms of notch up

third-person singular presentnotches up
present participlenotching up
past participlenotched up
pastnotched up

Questions about notch up

What does notch up mean?
Notch up means to achieve; to gain by successful effort.
What part of speech is notch up?
Notch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of notch up?
The past tense of notch up is notched up.

Words near notch up in the dictionary

  1. notch in one's bedpost
  2. notch in one's belt
  3. notch on one's bedpost
  4. notch on one's belt
  5. notch on the bedpost
  6. notch up
  7. notcha
  8. notchable
  9. notchback
  10. notchbacks
  11. notchboard

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