chalk out


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chalk out

vb
(tr, adverb) to outline (a plan, scheme, etc); sketch
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Verb1.chalk out - make a sketch of; "sketch the building"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
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Tarakai asks officials to chalk out comprehensive plan for beautification of Peshawar
Meanwhile the Telangana all-party Joint Action Committee (JAC) will hold an emergency meeting this evening to chalk outs its future course of action.