early mark

noun

early mark

noun
1

New South Wales, Colloquial, In Australia The permission to leave early (from class, school, workplace, etc.) before the scheduled end time; an early finish.

  • The former PBL boss let slip in court this week that he needed an early mark yesterday to attend "a dinner" with the PM.2005, “Big night at the Dick Pratts”, in Sydney Morning Herald:
Synonyms
early minute

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