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marking one's own homework

marking one's own homework is the present participle and gerund 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 marking one's own homework

What is marking one's own homework the present participle and gerund of?
Marking one's own homework is the present participle and gerund of mark one's own homework.

Words near marking one's own homework in the dictionary

  1. marking nut
  2. marking nut tree
  3. marking nut trees
  4. marking nuts
  5. marking off
  6. marking one's own homework
  7. marking out
  8. marking pen
  9. marking someone's card
  10. marking time
  11. marking to market

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