chalk up

/tʃɔk əp/
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Other forms: chalked up; chalking up; chalks up

Definitions of chalk up
  1. verb
    keep score, as in games
    synonyms: tally
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    type of:
    enter, put down, record
    make a record of; set down in permanent form
  2. verb
    accumulate as a debt
    “he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening”
    synonyms: run up
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    type of:
    owe
    be obliged to pay or repay
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