"chalk out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chalks out [present, singular, third-person], chalking out [participle, present], chalked out [participle, past], chalked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chalk out (third-person singular simple present chalks out, present participle chalking out, simple past and past participle chalked out)
  1. (transitive) To draw or write down (something) using chalk. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-chalk_out-en-verb-f6w-uG1P
  2. (transitive, figurative) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan). Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-chalk_out-en-verb-BRF~93dN
  3. (US, intransitive, horse racing) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races. Tags: US, intransitive Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-chalk_out-en-verb-2reBObES Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 53 15 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 11 9 50 16 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 8 52 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 68 9 9 Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
  4. (US, intransitive, slang) To die. Tags: US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-chalk_out-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Categories (other): American English
  5. (US, transitive, slang) To kill (someone). Tags: US, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-chalk_out-en-verb-YllUNF9- Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

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        "To draw or write down (something) using chalk."
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        "(transitive) To draw or write down (something) using chalk."
      ],
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          "ref": "1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]:",
          "text": "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.",
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          "kind": "other",
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        "(US, intransitive, horse racing) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races."
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        "To draw or write down (something) using chalk."
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        "(transitive) To draw or write down (something) using chalk."
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        "(US, intransitive, horse racing) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races."
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        "To die."
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        "(US, intransitive, slang) To die."
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        "To kill (someone)."
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        "(US, transitive, slang) To kill (someone)."
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