dirty, grubby
visible
distinguishing, identifying
Does he have any distinguishing marks?

chalk, pencil
finger (usually fingermark), scuff, skid, tyre/tire
bite, burn, claw, puncture, scorch, scratch, slash, stretch, tooth
There were two small puncture marks on her arm.

get
How did you get that mark on your shirt?

leave, make
The dirty water left a mark around the side of the bathtub.

get off, get out, remove
I can't get the children's dirty fingermarks off the wall.

come off, come out
These greasy marks just won't come out.

mark on
There were grubby marks on the wall.

deep, indelible, permanent
The experience left a deep mark on her memory.

real
the real mark of a master craftsman

bear, have
leave

mark of
Such thoughtfulness is the mark of a true gentleman.

as a mark of respect, make your mark (= have an impact)
Women are continuing to make their mark in business.

good, high
bad, low, poor
full
I got full marks for my homework.

top
pass (BrE)
What's the pass mark in chemistry?

total
average

get, receive
deserve
The festival organizers deserve high marks. (figurative)

give sb
deduct
Marks are deducted for incorrect spelling.

gain
lose

mark for
You get two marks for each correct answer.
a good mark for geography

mark out of
How many marks out of ten would you give it?

halfway
We've reached the halfway mark in the show.

tide (usually tidemark)
high-tide, low-tide
high-water, low-water
$10 million, £2 billion, 30-minute, etc.
Spending has now reached the $1 million mark.
By the film's 30-minute mark, most of the audience have lost the plot.

set
approach, near
Their relationship was approaching the two-year mark.

reach
break, pass, surpass
This year's sales figures have already passed the mark set last year.

fall short of

above the mark, below the mark
around the mark
around the $500 mark

at a/the mark
The river was at its low-water mark.

up to the mark (= as good as sb/sth should be)
Your grammar is not quite up to the mark.

easy

find, hit
The shot found its mark.

miss, overshoot

wide of the mark (figurative)
Shock tactics often fall wide of their mark.

clearly
My room was clearly marked on the plan.

carefully
She carefully marked where the screws were to go.

indelibly, permanently

as
Certain words were marked as important.

for
Some of the crates were marked for export.

in
Mark the position of all the building sites in black.

on
All buildings are marked on the map.

with
The boundary was marked with a dotted line.

indelibly, permanently
Christianity has indelibly marked the culture and consciousness of Europe.

deeply
The town is still deeply marked by the memory of the Depression.

effectively
officially
Members of the club officially marked the occasion with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

publicly
The wedding ceremony publicly marks the beginning of commitment to another through marriage.

appear to, seem to
This speech appears to mark a change in government policy.

Mark is used with these nouns as the subject:
arrow, ceremony, festival, line, march, plaque, sign, year

Mark is used with these nouns as the object:
anniversary, appearance, arrival, ballot, beginning, birthday, border, boundary, box, centenary, climax, completion, culmination, dawn, death, departure, difference, disapproval, edge, emergence, end, entrance, envelope, epoch, era, event, exam, grave, homework, inauguration, launch, line, milestone, occasion, onset, opening, paper, passage, passing, perimeter, period, phase, place, progress, retirement, return, reversal, shift, spot, stage, start, stress, territory, test, transition, turn, turning point, watershed