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    Feb 22, 2010, 09:53 AM
    What does chalking it up mean?
    When communicating with others what does "chalking it up" or "chalking up" mean?
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    Feb 22, 2010, 10:18 AM

    "Its due to"

    "It happened because of"

    Something along those lines.
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    Feb 22, 2010, 10:35 AM

    In general, the idiom means "to count it as".

    He chalked it up as a bad experience = he counted it as a bad experience.
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