chalk
Example Sentences
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Some of it he chalks up to bad luck.
If he weren’t a trauma doctor, you might chalk up the missing headgear to romantic imagery and an homage to “Then Came Bronson.”
A brightly coloured chalk sign informs me that the water temperature today is a chilly 3.9C, as one of the regulars tells me this is not cold water swimming, it's "ice" water swimming.
From BBC
Baffled, Redick said at practice that he chalked up the mistakes to “the holidays.”
From Los Angeles Times
It means the upswing in the stock price can be chalked up to more than volatility and speaks to the company’s dominance in its industry.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.