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mark something up 
1. to mess something up with marks. Don't mark up your book! Who marked this book up?
2. to grade a paper and make lots of informative marks and comments on it. The teacher really marked up my term paper. Why did you mark my test up so much? I hardly made any errors.
3. to raise the price of something. The grocery store seems to mark the price of food up every week. They don't mark up the price of turkey at Thanks giving.
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mark up something also mark something up
1. to make changes, notes, and corrections on a document Could you tell me what changes have been made so I can mark up my copy? Take the papers home with you, mark them up, and then bring them in tomorrow and we can discuss them.
2. to increase the price of something Farmers have marked up milk prices to cover their costs. I can't believe you marked it up by 400%.
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