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MAKE ONE'S MARK,

TOE THE LINE or TOE THE MARK,

UP TO THE MARK at UP TO PAR (2),

WALK THE CHALK or WALK THE CHALK LINE or WALK THE CHALK MARK,

WIDE OF THE MARK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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