chalk up
English
Verb
chalk up (third-person singular simple present chalks up, present participle chalking up, simple past and past participle chalked up)
- (transitive) to achieve something
- 2012 The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Rural activism: Working the system
- In recent years Mr Li, a divorced farmer with a laptop and internet access, has chalked up some stunning successes in resisting his village officials.
- 2012 The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Rural activism: Working the system
Translations
to achieve something
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Translations to be checked: "agree or correspond; to be in harmony"
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