See notch in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
- (Informal)
One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale:
degree, grade, level, peg, point, rung, stage, step. See big
verb
- (Informal)
To gain (a point or points) in a game or contest:
post1, score, tally. See do
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