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map out

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to plan or design

    to map out a route

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Detectives then mapped out Buzzard’s road trip route and focused on the return route, from where Melodee was last seen in Utah to Vandenberg Village.

From Los Angeles Times

It was supposed to map out the spending needed to overhaul the armed forces, but will now be delayed to 2026.

From BBC

Midfielder Tyler Adams said no one is mapping out that journey just yet.

From Los Angeles Times

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced a new joint task force, intended to map out the multinational "reassurance force" that will be offered as a "second line of defence" after a ceasefire.

From Barron's

Enthralled, I personally commissioned David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s own legendary budget cutter, to map out how it could be done.

From The Wall Street Journal