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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 delimitplay

  Familiarity information: MARK OUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARK OUT (verb)


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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