mark off

Questions about mark off

What does mark off mean?

mark off means "set boundaries to and delimit". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for mark off?

Close synonyms include mark out, check, check off, mark, tick off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mark off a common word?

mark off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.