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To inspect; to examine.
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Check the oil in your car once a month.
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To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
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(often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
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Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).
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To control, limit, or halt.
example
Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
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To verify or compare with a source of information.
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Check your data against known values.
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To leave in safekeeping.
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Check your hat and coat at the door.
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To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
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Check your bags at the ticket counter before the flight.
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To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
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He checked the ball and then proceeded to perform a perfect layup.
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To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
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The hockey player checked the defenceman to obtain the puck.
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To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
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Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.
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To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
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To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
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To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
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To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
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To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
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The sun checks timber.
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To make a stop; to pause; with at.
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To clash or interfere.
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To act as a curb or restraint.
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To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.