sketching out

Verb

sketch out (third-person singular simple present sketches out, present participle sketching out, simple past and past participle sketched out)

1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive) To creep out; to give a creepy or sketchy feeling to someone.
   • The awkward and agitated customer began to sketch them out a bit.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sketch, out.
   • I sketched out the trees and the lake before adding texture and colour to the scene.