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mark down
mark somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb (see also mark)
1. to write something down, especially in order to keep a record:
    Mark down everything you eat on your daily chart.
    mark somebody/something down as something
    The teacher marked him down as absent.
2. to reduce the price of something
   OPP  mark upmarkdown:
    Winter coats have been marked down from $80 to $50.
3. especially British English to give a student a lower result in a test, paper etc because they have made mistakes:
    Students will be marked down for failing to follow directions.