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chalked out

chalked out is the simple past and past participle of chalk out.

Meaning of chalk out

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).

Questions about chalked out

What is chalked out the simple past and past participle of?
Chalked out is the simple past and past participle of chalk out.

Words near chalked out in the dictionary

  1. chalked
  2. chalked against
  3. chalked down
  4. chalked it down
  5. chalked off
  6. chalked out
  7. chalked something up to experience
  8. chalked up
  9. chalked up to
  10. chalken
  11. chalkened

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