chalk up
phrasal verbchalk up something
- (informal) to achieve or record a success, points in a game, etc.
- The team chalked up their tenth win this season.
- As a Hollywood actor he has chalked up a number of box-office successes.
- They will have chalked up 40 years of marriage this summer.
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