map out
verb
mapped out; mapping out; maps out
: to plan the details of (something, such as a program or one's 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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Slow and steady The most successful transformations look less like detonations and more like construction projects—unglamorous, incremental, and mapped out well in advance.
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Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026
For mapping out small bedrooms, start with a tape measure.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The first operates in a standard lab to map out experiments and test non-radioactive materials.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
That allows the company and its underwriters to take all of Thursday to map out allocations for the record-breaking IPO, one of the people said.
—Ari Levy,leslie Picker, CNBC, 9 June 2026
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Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026
For mapping out small bedrooms, start with a tape measure.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The first operates in a standard lab to map out experiments and test non-radioactive materials.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
That allows the company and its underwriters to take all of Thursday to map out allocations for the record-breaking IPO, one of the people said.
—Ari Levy,leslie Picker, CNBC, 9 June 2026
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“Map out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/map%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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