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marked one's own homework

marked one's own homework is the simple past and past participle of mark one's own homework.

Meaning of mark one's own homework

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)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) 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
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mark, one's, own, homework.

Questions about marked one's own homework

What is marked one's own homework the simple past and past participle of?
Marked one's own homework is the simple past and past participle of mark one's own homework.

Words near marked one's own homework in the dictionary

  1. marked
  2. marked as
  3. marked down
  4. marked down as
  5. marked off
  6. marked one's own homework
  7. marked out
  8. marked someone's card
  9. marked time
  10. marked to market
  11. marked to model

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