chalk up
Example Sentences
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Sure, party leaders can try to chalk up this result to a one-off mistake.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Around 300 National Trust staff and volunteers will be involved, carrying about 17 tonnes of fresh chalk up the steep hillside, which in places has a gradient of roughly one in three.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
If he weren’t a trauma doctor, you might chalk up the missing headgear to romantic imagery and an homage to “Then Came Bronson.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Let’s chalk up your girlfriend’s comments to momentary bad judgment.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 17, 2025
“I love this guy. Come on, new friend. Let’s go chalk up my thirteenth defeat in a row!”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
