chalk something up to experience

Meaning: (idiomatic)To take a lesson from a bad outcome instead ofgrievingit.Synonym:put something down to experience1990, Michele Loftus,How to Start and Operate a Home-based Word Processing Or Desktop Publishing Business, Adams Media Corporation,→ISBN:However, if the amounts are small and you've exhausted your personal resources, you canchalk it up to experienceand write it off at the end of the year. (I did this on several small checks returned for insufficient funds.)2009December 7, Michael Anthony,Memoirs of a White Man, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page71:When I am scammed, I take my lumps andchalk it up to experience. I then use all my resources and skills to destroy those involved in committing the scam.2012November 30, Derek Wilson,The Triarchs, Hachette UK,→ISBN:'Take them to court – or justchalk it up to experience.' 'Don't suppose for a moment that Kodomo would adopt the same attitude. He brought you all the way out here to do something for him. Whatever it is, he'll expect you to deliver.

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