Idiom
chalk something up to experience
Meaning
To take a lesson from a bad outcome instead of grieving it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I lost the game, but I will chalk it up to experience.”
“The project failed because of poor planning, so we decided to chalk it up to experience and move on.”
“Rather than dwelling on the financial losses of his failed startup, he chose to chalk it up to experience, viewing the setback as a necessary lesson for his future endeavors.”
Examples
simple
“I lost the game, but I will chalk it up to experience.”
contextual
“The project failed because of poor planning, so we decided to chalk it up to experience and move on.”
complex
“Rather than dwelling on the financial losses of his failed startup, he chose to chalk it up to experience, viewing the setback as a necessary lesson for his future endeavors.”
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