"chalk off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-chalk off.ogg [Australia] Forms: chalks off [present, singular, third-person], chalking off [participle, present], chalked off [participle, past], chalked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chalk off (third-person singular simple present chalks off, present participle chalking off, simple past and past participle chalked off)
  1. (idiomatic) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-chalk_off-en-verb-LrfPz6kM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
  2. (idiomatic) To disallow or cancel Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-chalk_off-en-verb-zfJz2LP8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 44 56

Inflected forms

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