mark off
Example Sentences
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“Her hands kept very busy. They sliced the air and made karate chops to mark off boundaries.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
See how many squares you are able to mark off on your card when those events happen in real time that evening.
From BBC ● May 6, 2025
As Jamieson noted, “We’re influenced by what we see around us. If I hear a lot of what we would traditionally mark off as uncivil discourse, it seems normal to me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
On a number line, mark off and label the hundredths in the interval between 0 and −1.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
“We hit the ground, me and Lieutenant Carroll will mark off the squad assignments. And don’t go shooting at nothing until you see something to shoot at! Let’s go!”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
