From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchalk something ↔ up phrasal verb1 SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto succeed in getting something, especially points in a game Seattle chalked up another win last night over Denver.2 RECORDto record what someone has done, what someone should pay etc to You can chalk the drinks up to my account.3 chalk it up to experience informalACCEPT to accept a failure or disappointment calmly and regard it as an experience that you can learn something from → chalk→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
chalk up• If no-one answered soon he would have to chalk it up as a wasted trip, and Montgomery would not be amused.• So chalk another one up for Hizzoner.• He chalks it up to being bored.• It is too easy just to chalk this struggle up to bureaucratic bungling.• After all, lose some bait and you can chalk it up to the charter rate.chalk to• He chalks it up to being bored.• It is too easy just to chalk this struggle up to bureaucratic bungling.• After all, lose some bait and you can chalk it up to the charter rate. 