CHALK UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chalk up mean? 

• CHALK UP (verb)
  The verb CHALK UP has 2 senses:

1. accumulate as a debt

2. keep score, as in games

  Familiarity information: CHALK UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHALK UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accumulate as a debt

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

chalk up; run up

Context example:

he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening

Hypernyms (to "chalk up" is one way to...):

owe (be obliged to pay or repay)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep score, as in games

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

chalk up; tally

Hypernyms (to "chalk up" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

"Chalk up" entails doing...:

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s