Usually means: Attribute cause or credit to.
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  1. chalk (something) up to, chalk up to: Merriam-Webster
  2. chalk up to: Wiktionary

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  1. chalk up to: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (chalk up to)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.

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