VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Marked man

Meaning:

The idiom marked man refers to someone who is singled out as a target for vengeance or attack.

Examples:

  • He's a marked man, and you will be, too.
  • You complain to the Governor, you are a marked man.
  • That's why you were a marked man in prison.
  • You mean in four hours I'll stop being a marked man?
  • I'm a marked man in this Department, for what?
  • Chris has been a marked man since the day I got here.
  • I'm a marked man in this department.
  • Yeah. He's a marked man, that's what he is.
  • Francisco Ferrer became a marked man.
  • If I'm already a marked man, might as well get paid for it.