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marked man

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*marked man
Fig. to be someone, usually a male, who is in danger from harm by someone else. (*Typically: be ~; live like ~.) Bob's a marked man. His parents found out that he's skipping school. Fred's a marked man, too. Jack is looking for him to get his money back.
See also: man, marked


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There was every reason why Pesca should not have known him again--every reason also why he should have known Pesca, whose singular personal appearance made a marked man of him, go where he might.
I found myself driving a flourishing trade, and soon became a marked man upon 'Change.
This marked man of the world had added that the Americans are greatly impressed by a coronet.
 
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