mark out

verb4

1. •
   To mark the boundaries of an area—used of land, wood, metal, etc.—before working upon it.
2. •
   To classify.

   • I don't want to be marked out as a failure.
3. •
   To distinguish.

   • The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people. — 1998
4. •
   To obliterate or cancel with a mark.