off the mark

: from a place or position

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

: to seaward of

: from the possession or charge of

: seaward

: right

: more removed or distant

: to go away : depart

: kill, murder

: competition : contest

: a boundary land

: a conspicuous object serving as a guide for travelers

: something (such as a line, notch, or fixed object) designed to record position

: to fix or trace out the bounds or limits of

: to plot the course of : chart

: to set apart by or as if by a line or boundary

: any of various old European units of weight used especially for gold and silver

: a unit of value:

: an old English unit equal to 13s 4d

: an early Jewish Christian traditionally identified as the writer of the Gospel of Mark —called also John Mark

: the second Gospel (see ¹gospel 1) in the New Testament — see Bible Table

: a king of Cornwall, uncle of Tristram, and husband of Isolde