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map something out

to plot something out carefully, usually on paper. I have a good plan. I will map it out for you. I will map out the plan for you.

See also: out

put something on the map

Fig. to make some place famous or popular. The good food you serve here will really put this place on the map. Nothing like a little scandal to put an otherwise sleepy town on the map.

See also: put

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[blow/bomb/wipe etc.] something/swh off the map

to destroy something completely, especially with bombs At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map.

See also: blow

put swh/something/somebody on the map

to make a place, thing, or person famous The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 put Seattle on the map. If Newcastle United win the championship it will really put them back on the map as far as European football is concerned.

See also: put

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fall off the map also drop off the map

to stop being known or considered That team played in the World Series for three or four years in a row, but then they dropped off the map.

See also: fall

map out something also map something out

to decide in detail how something will be done She is mapping out lesson plans for teachers who work with below-average readers. When we mapped it out before we began this project, we thought we would be finished by now.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of map out (to use a map to plan a trip)

See also: out

put something on the map

to make something famous The Macintosh operating system put Apple computers on the map.

See also: put

wipe somewhere off the map

to cause a place to stop existing The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map.

See also: wipe