Meaning:
benchmarked
n.
a standard by which something can be measured or judged
a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
marked Idiom, Proverb
a marked man
a person known for political beliefs or criminal acts When they discovered I had been a Nazi, I was a marked man.
marked man
(See a marked man)
marked man|marked
n. phr. A man whose behavior has made him the object of suspicion; a man whose life may be in danger. When Dave dared to criticize the dictator openly, he became a marked man.
marked man, a
marked man, a
Also, marked woman. A person singled out as an object of suspicion, hostility, or vengeance. For example, As a witness to the robbery, he felt he was a marked man, or After her fiasco at the meeting, she was a marked woman—no one would hire her. This idiom was first recorded in 1833.
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