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Cloudpixie Posted 9 years ago
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Chalk up to or chalk off?

In a sentence like this: He just chalked her aloofness off to her being busy, does "chalk off" mean to ascribe? Or is the phrase commonly used as this: He chalked up her aloofness to her being busy? Do both mean the same thing? To ascribe?

  

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off to I have never read or heard that form. I know only 'chalk up to'. t1%3B%2Cchalk%20up%3B%2Cc0 cloudpixie Do both mean the same thing?

— Mister Micawber

  • off to I have never read or heard that form.
  • I know only 'chalk up to'.
  • t1%3B%2Cchalk%20up%3B%2Cc0 cloudpixie Do both mean the same thing?
  • To ascribe?
  • Yes.
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cloudpixiechalked...off to

I have never read or heard that form. I know only 'chalk up to'.

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