notch up

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notch up (third-person singular simple present notches up, present participle notching up, simple past and past participle notched up)

  1. (colloquial, transitive) To achieve; to gain by successful effort.
    John has just notched up another "salesman of the month" prize.
    • 2021 May 2, Emma Sanders, “Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Sheffield United”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      He celebrated at full-time with a beaming smile as he collected the match ball and he notched up another milestone by becoming the sixth Welshman to surpass 50 Premier League goals.