map out

map out
verb
plan, delineate, or arrange in detail (Freq. 1)
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map one's future

Syn: ↑map
Hypernyms: ↑plan, ↑project, ↑contrive, ↑design
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Did he map out his major works over a short period of time?

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map out
1. To plan, divide up, and apportion
2. To lay out a plan of
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Main Entry:map

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ˌmap ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they map out he/she/it maps out present participle mapping out past tense mapped out past participle mapped out] phrasal verb
to plan in detail how something will happen

Her own future had been mapped out for her by her parents.

Thesaurus: to make plans or arrangementssynonym
Main entry: map

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map out [phrasal verb]
map (something) out or map out (something) : to plan the details of (something, such as a program or your future)

We mapped out a plan of action.

They mapped her campaign for governor all out.

She has her future all mapped out.

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Main Entry:map

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  • map out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms map out : present tense I/you/we/they map out he/she/it maps out present participle mapping out past tense mapped out past participle mapped out to plan in detail how something will happen Her own future had… …   English dictionary

  • map out — PHRASAL VERB If you map out something that you are intending to do, you work out in detail how you will do it. [V P n (not pron)] I went home and mapped out my strategy... [V n P] I cannot conceive of anybody writing a play by sitting down and… …   English dictionary

  • map out — {v. phr.} To arrange; lay out; plan. * /The candidate will meet with his campaign manager tomorrow to map out his campaign strategy./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • map out — {v. phr.} To arrange; lay out; plan. * /The candidate will meet with his campaign manager tomorrow to map out his campaign strategy./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • map\ out — v. phr. To arrange; lay out; plan. The candidate will meet with his campaign manager tomorrow to map out his campaign strategy …   Словарь американских идиом

  • map out — phr verb Map out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑route, ↑strategy, ↑territory …   Collocations dictionary

  • map out something — map out (something) to decide in detail how something will be done. She is mapping out lesson plans for teachers who work with below average readers. When we mapped it out before we began this project, we thought we would be finished by now.… …   New idioms dictionary

  • map out — he mapped out the plan for our campaign Syn: outline, set out, lay out, sketch out, trace out, rough out, block out, delineate, detail, draw up, formulate, work out, frame, draft, plan, plot out, arrange, design, program …   Thesaurus of popular words

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