chalk up

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chalk up

1. kirjata (piste, saavutus tms.), saavuttaa (jotakin merkittävää)

   The team chalked up their first win this season.

   He will have chalked up an impressive 40 years at the firm next month.

2. (~ to) panna jonkin kontolle, panna jkn tiliin

   She was lying. Now she is trying to chalk it up to poor memory.

   In her statement, the princess chalked up the alteration to a photographer’s innocent desire to retouch the image. (New York Times)

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• chalk

Synonyymit

• (2.) put down to, attribute