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CHALK UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keep score, as in games
Synonyms:
chalk up; tally
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Accumulate as a debt
Example:
he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening
Synonyms:
chalk up; run up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "chalk up" is one way to...):
owe (be obliged to pay or repay)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
