mark one's own homework
mark one's own homework verb: to assume the role of evaluating one's doings when a disinterested party is required.
Verb
mark one's own homework (third-person singular simple present marks one's own homework, present participle marking one's own homework, simple past and past participle marked one's own homework)
- To assume the role of evaluating one's doings when a disinterested party is required.
- Aware that his organisation was to be found guilty on at least four charges, he had tried to mark his own homework by submitting a 500-page dossier to the EC attempting to rebut its conclusions before they were even published.2023 November 2, James O'Brien, “Matthew Elliot”, in How They Broke Britain, Ebury Publishing
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mark, one's, own, homework.
Forms of mark one's own homework
| third-person singular present | marks one's own homework |
|---|---|
| present participle | marking one's own homework |
| past participle | marked one's own homework |
| past | marked one's own homework |
Questions about mark one's own homework
- What does mark one's own homework mean?
- Mark one's own homework means to assume the role of evaluating one's doings when a disinterested party is required.
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- Mark one's own homework is a verb.
- What is the past tense of mark one's own homework?
- The past tense of mark one's own homework is marked one's own homework.
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