mark (off)

as in to define
to mark the limits of marked off the outline of the mural first

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Verb
  • More impressive millwork defines the passageways to the formal dining and living rooms.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
  • This was bricolage in the mode of postmodernism, to use a term that Jencks had a leading role in propagating, defining it in multiple competing and overlapping (some would say maddening) ways.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • Aurélien Colson, from the same institute, told Newsweek that Putin's response will be primarily military, but his options are limited to missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • The executive director will be limited to serving two four-year terms, however, a limitation not imposed on other watchdog agencies such as the Freedom of Information Commission.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • The cub hesitates before bounding off into the forest as someone off camera chuckles.
    Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • The ballpark subdistrict is bounded, in part, by Interstate 5 to the east, Sixth Avenue to the west, Commercial Avenue to the south, and Market Street and Island Street to the north.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
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“Mark (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mark%20%28off%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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