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chalk out

chalk out verb: to draw or write down (something) using chalk.

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.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).
    • I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]
  3. (US, intransitive) In a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.
    • A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.
  4. (US, intransitive, slang) To die.
  5. (US, slang, transitive) To kill (someone).

chalk out meaning in Kannada

chalk out in Kannada

ಗುರುತು ಮಾಡು, ರೂಪುರೇಖೆ ರಚಿಸು

Forms of chalk out

third-person singular presentchalks out
present participlechalking out
past participlechalked out
pastchalked out

Questions about chalk out

What does chalk out mean?
Chalk out means to draw or write down (something) using chalk.
What is chalk out in Kannada?
Chalk out in Kannada is ಗುರುತು ಮಾಡು, ರೂಪುರೇಖೆ ರಚಿಸು. See Chalk out meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is chalk out?
Chalk out is a verb.
What is the past tense of chalk out?
The past tense of chalk out is chalked out.

Words near chalk out in the dictionary

  1. chalk lines
  2. chalk maple
  3. chalk mixture
  4. chalk mixtures
  5. chalk off
  6. chalk out
  7. chalk player
  8. chalk players
  9. chalk something up to experience
  10. chalk stream
  11. chalk streams

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