mark out

mark out (third-person singular simple present marks out, present participle marking out, simple past and past participle marked out)

1. (transitive) to set the boundaries of an area
2. (transitive) to classify

   I don't want to be marked out as a failure.

3. (transitive) to obliterate or cancel with a mark

   to mark out an item in an account

4. (transitive) to distinguish
   • 2007, Naomi Sakr, Arab Television Today:

     The killing of more than 90 journalists in Iraq in 43 months after the invasion was to mark it out as one of the deadliest conflicts to cover.

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