chalk out

verb

To draw or write down (something) using chalk.

“A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.”

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sketch
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Meanings

verbchalk out (third-person singular simple present chalks out, present participle chalking out, simple past and past participle chalked out)

present singular third person chalks out · participle present chalking out · participle past chalked out · past chalked out

  1. transitiveTo draw or write down (something) using chalk.
  2. figurativelytransitiveto make (plans); to sketch (something); to describe (a plan).

    I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out.

    1795–1797, Edmund Burke, “(please specify |letter=1 to 4)”, in [Letters on a Regicide Peace], London: [Rivington]
  3. USintransitivehobbiesIn a multi-race wager, to lose to the favorite in all of the remaining races.

    A 25-1 shot won race 3, but the rest of the early pick 5 chalked out after that.

  4. USintransitiveslangTo die.
  5. USslangtransitiveTo kill (someone).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake a sketch of

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sketch
Broader
draw
Also see
chalk downsketch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chalk out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalk%20out.

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