Meaning & use
chalk it up
To attribute something, especially a failure or odd outcome, to a particular cause.
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They chalked the loss up to bad luck rather than poor strategy.
I chalk his rudeness up to the stress he's been under lately.
A note on using this word
Usually followed by 'to,' as in 'chalk it up to experience'; common in casual, spoken English.
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