map out

present singular third person maps out · participle present mapping out · participle past mapped out · past mapped out

1. transitiveTo create a map of an area.
2. broadlytransitiveTo organise a plan; to analyze a situation; to figure out a problem.
3. transitiveTo make explicit; to explain in detail.

   The grading is tough, just like the classes, but they map it out for you right from the beginning.

   2007, Carolyn C. Wise, Stephanie Hauser, The College Buzz Book, page 410

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   You two sit down, and I'll map it out for you.” For the next fifteen minutes I told them a tale of greed, racism, treachery and murder.

   1992, Roy Maynard, 38 Caliber: An Emerson Dunn Mystery, page 127

   He went to the white board and mapped out his entire organization, explaining what everyone was working on and how it fit together.

   2010, Patrick M. Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

   No one can map it out for you. You're going to have to figure it out for yourself and systematically lay the groundwork for your future.

   2012, Rebecca Shambaugh, Make Room for Her, page 120