verb
put a check mark on or near or next to
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Please check each name on the list
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tick off the items
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mark off the units
• Hypernyms: ↑verify
• Hyponyms: ↑receipt
• Verb Group:
↑check, ↑check up on, ↑look into, ↑check out, ↑suss out, ↑check over, ↑go over, ↑check into, ↑see, ↑insure, ↑see to it, ↑ensure, ↑control, ↑ascertain, ↑assure
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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I. transitive verb1. : to check or mark as noted : tick off : note item by item
2. : to eliminate from further consideration
robbery was checked off as a motive
3. : to handle by the checkoff
check off each miner's dues
: to change a play at the line of scrimmage in football by calling an audible
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check off
1. To mark off on a list, usu with a tick, as having arrived, been completed, etc
2. To deduct (trade union dues) from a worker's pay before he or she receives it (N American; checkˈ-off noun)
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Main Entry: ↑check
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ˌcheck ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they check off he/she/it checks off present participle checking off past tense checked off past participle checked off] phrasal verb
to tick off something
Main entry: check
Useful english dictionary. 2012.