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MARK OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set boundaries to and delimit

Example:

mark out the territory

Synonyms:

mark off; mark out

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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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