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mark someone's card

mark someone's card verb: to forcefully correct someone's behaviour.

Verb

mark someone's card (third-person singular simple present marks someone's card, present participle marking someone's card, simple past and past participle marked someone's card)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To forcefully correct someone's behaviour.

Forms of mark someone's card

third-person singular presentmarks someone's card
present participlemarking someone's card
past participlemarked someone's card
pastmarked someone's card

Questions about mark someone's card

What does mark someone's card mean?
Mark someone's card means to forcefully correct someone's behaviour.
What part of speech is mark someone's card?
Mark someone's card is a verb.
What is the past tense of mark someone's card?
The past tense of mark someone's card is marked someone's card.

Words near mark someone's card in the dictionary

  1. mark of the beast
  2. Mark of the Web
  3. mark off
  4. mark one's own homework
  5. mark out
  6. mark someone's card
  7. Mark Tapleyism
  8. mark time
  9. mark to market
  10. mark to markets
  11. mark to model

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