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.
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Much of the film, for all its bristling kineticism, unfolds in closeup; Anderson’s favorite vistas and visions can be mapped out in the human face.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That estimate is based on simulations run in the WTO’s Global Trade Model, which helps the organization map out projections fort he future.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
But ensuring that robots can effectively map out complex environments, as well as handle the various types of obstacles (leaping across gaps and or scaling high objects, for example) is challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Ives, Bartók’s close contemporary and a composer of similarly radical sensibilities, mapped out the future of American music with an ear trained on the past.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
That estimate is based on simulations run in the WTO’s Global Trade Model, which helps the organization map out projections fort he future.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
But ensuring that robots can effectively map out complex environments, as well as handle the various types of obstacles (leaping across gaps and or scaling high objects, for example) is challenging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Ives, Bartók’s close contemporary and a composer of similarly radical sensibilities, mapped out the future of American music with an ear trained on the past.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Map out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/map%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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