chock up

• Verbe à particule signifiant attribuer quelque chose à une cause ou une raison particulière, souvent utilisé dans l'expression 'chock it up to' (mettre sur le compte de).

A phrasal verb meaning to attribute or ascribe something to a particular cause or reason, often used in the phrase 'chock it up to'.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. formal

   To block or secure something, such as a wheel, with a chock to prevent movement.

   Caler avec une cale

   • The mechanic chocked up the wheels before working on the car.
   • They chocked up the trailer to keep it from rolling.
   • Always chock up the plane's wheels before loading cargo.

   Synonymesblockbracechockpropscotchsecurewedge

2. Fill or crowdinformal

   To fill a space completely, often to the point of being crowded or blocked.

   Engorger, encombrer

   • The room was chocked up with old furniture.
   • The shelves were chocked up with books and papers.
   • The hallway was chocked up with people waiting for the event.

   Synonymesblockcramcrowdfilljampackstuff

   Antonymesclearemptyunblockunclog

Verbe de basechock