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Phrase(s): mark something up
1. to mess something up with marks. • Don’t mark up your book! • Who marked this book up? 2. to grade a paper and make lots of informative marks and comments on it. • The teacher really marked up my term paper. • Why did you mark my test up so much? I hardly made any errors. 3. to raise the price of something. • The grocery store seems to mark the price of food up every week. • They don’t mark up the price of turkey at Thanksgiving.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Deface by drawing, cutting, or another means of covering something with marks. For example, John was punished for marking up his desk, or These shoes really mark up the floor. 2. Raise the price of something, as in This small shop marks up its merchandise much more than department stores do. [Second half of 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms