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MARK OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mark out mean?
• MARK OUT (verb)
The verb MARK OUT has 1 sense:
1. set boundaries to and delimit
Familiarity information: MARK OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set boundaries to and delimit
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mark off; mark out
Context example:
mark out the territory
Hypernyms (to "mark out" is one way to...):
bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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