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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