(United States, slang) To attribute to something, often tangentially.
Give me another drink and chalk it up to John.
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(archaic, Australia, slang) To assign a debt to someone.
: 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.
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(transitive) To achieve something.
2012 The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, [http://www.economist.com/node/21563780 Rural activism: Working the system]
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