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chalks out

chalks out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chalks out

What is chalks out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chalks out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chalk out.

Words near chalks out in the dictionary

  1. chalks
  2. chalks against
  3. chalks down
  4. chalks it down
  5. chalks off
  6. chalks out
  7. chalks something up to experience
  8. chalks up
  9. chalks up to
  10. chalkstick fracture
  11. chalkstone

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