From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishplan something ↔ out phrasal verbPLANto plan something carefully, considering all the possible problems I’ll get the maps so we can plan out our route. → planning → plan→ See Verb table
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plan out• Republicans retorted that the amendment is necessary to guarantee that any balanced-budget plan is carried out.• For example, some gain-sharing plans will pay out at a higher percentage per year than we assumed.• They began their Springbok lives together but both reject suggestions that they plan to bow out at Twickenham.• These documents would form the basis of development plans worked out by each individual school.• Once he could imagine the entire plan all laid out in front of him, he took the steps.• Battle plans sent out on Germany'senigma machine were quickly decoded.• They plan to point out that tanker movements to and from the terminal are carefully controlled.• But true to their cultural destinies, both generations plan to ride out the historic changes in their homeland. 