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Phrase(s): credit someone or something with something
1. Lit. to record a payment, deposit, etc., to the account of someone or something. • I will credit you with this payment as you request. • Your account has been credited with this adjustment. 2. Fig. to give someone or something welldeserved praise for doing something or having something. • We have to credit Jeff with saving us a lot of money. • We will credit the weather with part of the success of the picnic.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs