to show that someone or something is different from others
to show that someone or something will do something in the future
to show the shape of something by drawing it on a surface
His talent has marked him out as one of the greatest runners ever.
It was the kind of singing voice that marks someone out for a professional career.
The shape of the pond is marked out first with a spade.
marks out
marking out
marked out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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