mark

mark idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with mark, also see beside the point (mark); black mark; give bad marks to; high-water mark; hit the bull's-eye (mark); make one's mark; off the mark; quick off the mark; toe the line (mark); up to par (the mark); wide of the mark; x marks the spot.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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