• put the mockers on it

• off of the mark

• egg him on

• be a marked man

• march to the beat of your own drum

• a soft mark

• the green-eyed monster

• a smart aleck

• get off the mark

• catch him on the hop

• put him on a pedestal

• have him on a string

• be up to the mark

• come on the scene

• mark it down up

• mark time

• a flea market

• keep him on the hop

• put him on his mettle

• look smart

• turn him on

• have him on

• lead him on

• be on the market

• put him on the spot

• make one's mark

• want jam on it

• steal a march on

• get one's marching orders

• price it out of the market

• steal a march on him