mark off
verb1
To separate by or as with a boundary line.
- The Latin form, templum, from which the English temple is derived, originally signified an uncovered area marked off by boundaries; especially the place marked off by the augurs to be excepted from all profane uses."1913, Catholic Encyclopedia^(http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Temple):
- A society marked off into classes need be specially attentive only to the education of its ruling elements.1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
2
To indicate as dealt with, as on a list.