chalk up

Meaning

1. (transitive) To achieve something.
2. (Australia, archaic, slang) To assign a debt to someone.
3. (US, slang) To attribute to something, often tangentially.

Synonyms

clock up

log up

notch up

run up

charge to

score up

put down

tally

mark up

charge against

charge down

gain a point

rack

score

rack up

Translations

ankreiden

compter

🔢

décrocher

enregistrer

multiplier

remporter

totaliser

engranger

acrecentar

anotar

Etymology

Probably from the fact that many problems were figured out using chalk on a chalk board.