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early mark

early mark noun: the permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.

Noun

early mark (plural early marks)

  1. (New-South-Wales, colloquial) The permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.
    • The former PBL boss let slip in court this week that he needed an early mark yesterday to attend "a dinner" with the PM.2005, “Big night at the Dick Pratts”, in Sydney Morning Herald
    Synonyms:
    early minute

Synonyms of early mark

  • early minute

Forms of early mark

pluralearly marks

Questions about early mark

What does early mark mean?
Early mark means the permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.
What part of speech is early mark?
Early mark is a noun.
What is the plural of early mark?
The plural of early mark is early marks.

Words near early mark in the dictionary

  1. early infantile autism
  2. early innings
  3. Early Latin
  4. early life check
  5. early life checks
  6. early mark
  7. early marks
  8. Early Middle Ages
  9. early modern
  10. Early Modern Czech
  11. Early Modern English

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