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Definition of chalk it up
chalk it up
- Surrender and accept the cause as something beyond one's control. or give credit to something beyond one's control (if positive).
That victory by the Lakers was awesome. Chalk it up to the home crowd's cheering.
Just chalk it up to Mercury being in retrograde.
Last edited on May 28 2002. Submitted by Alan from Marina del Rey, CA, USA on May 28 2002.
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Other terms relating to 'chalk': | |
| Definitions include: When a horse is the favorite, or has the most money bet on it that horse is termed the "chalk." | |
Other terms relating to 'it': | |
| Definitions include: in support of. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it". | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: for a male to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
| Definitions include: not showering before bed after working all day. | |
| Definitions include: to display bling-bling. | |
| Definitions include: to completely fail a task. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again." | |
| Definitions include: to vomit. | |
| Definitions include: to move very fast. | |
| Definitions include: to drink heavily. | |
| Definitions include: see about it. | |
| Definitions include: to be in agreement with something or wanting to do something. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
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