map out

phrasal 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.

Examples of map out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bonta’s office first sued Huntington Beach in 2023 for violating state law by refusing to submit a compliant housing element, which maps out where and how new housing — including affordable housing — can be built. —Claire Wang, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026

Manifolds are central to modern mathematics, as well as theoretical physics, where they’re used to map out space and time. —Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2026

Using Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph, the team mapped out the temperature and density of ions in Uranus’s ionosphere, a region where the atmosphere becomes ionised and interacts strongly with the planet’s magnetic field. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026

Before the track existed, Moroney was already mapping out her third album with precision. —Bryan West, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for map out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout