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chalk out

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to outline (a plan, scheme, etc); sketch

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Superlong tentacles shoot out of their bodies and grab the chalk out of her hands; or brain control makes her think she is shrinking to the size of an ant when really she is normal.

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They repeated the trick a minute later, but this time the goal was chalked out for offside.

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As we are talking a rainbow array of bikes is wheeled into a semicircle next to a mini course chalked out on the chewing gum encrusted pavement.

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But the IMF will only start providing funds after the island nation of 22 million chalks out a sustainable repayment path.

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The deal would settle more than 3,000 lawsuits filed by state and local governments, but complete terms of the settlement are still being chalked out, according to the report.

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