chalk off

present singular third person chalks off · participle present chalking off · participle past chalked off · past chalked off

1. literallyTo set off an area or shape with chalk.
2. idiomaticTo record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

   Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.

   2013 October 11, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian

3. idiomaticTo disallow or cancel

   In one last extraordinary twist, City thought they had snatched victory and Sterling a hat-trick, but emotions switched instantly as once again VAR had the final word and the goal was chalked off.

   2019 April 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham Hotsput”, in BBC News

4. transitiveTo chalk (someone) up dismissively or jeeringly.

   We had chalked him off as an idiot!

5. transitiveTo dismiss or be dismissive towards (someone or something); to reject (someone or something).

   He seemed like an idiot, so I chalked him off.

6. intransitiveTo deduct from something; to separate from something.

   The funds are going to be chalked off from the events fund.

7. transitiveTo mark off (something).
8. slangtransitiveTo kill (someone).