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[check]

See:

[BLANK CHECK],

[CLAIM CHECK],

[DOUBLE CHECK],

[IN CHECK],

[RAIN CHECK],

[RUBBER CHECK],

[SALES CHECK].

[check in]  {v.}

1a. To sign your name (as at a hotel or convention).

The last guests to reach the hotel checked in at 12 o'clock.

Contrast: [CHECK OUT].

1b.  {informal}

To arrive.

The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday.

 […]

[check off]  {v.}

To put a mark beside (the name of a person or thing on a list) to show that it has been counted.

The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus.

* /Bill wrote down the names of all the states he could remember, and then  […]

[check on someone/thing] or [check up on someone/thing]  {v}

To try to find out the truth or rightness of; make sure of; examine; inspect; investigate.

We checked on Dan's age by getting his birth record.

* /Mrs. Brown said she heard someone  […]

[check out]  {v.}

1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave.

The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning.

Contrast: [CHECK IN].

1b.  {informal}

To go away; leave.

I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday.

 […]

[check up]  {v.}

To find out or try to find out the truth or correctness of something; make sure of something; investigate.

Mrs. Brown thought she had heard a burglar in the house, so Mr. Brown checked up, but found nobody.

* /Bill thought he had a  […]

[check with]  {v. phr.}

1. To consult.

I want to check with my lawyer before I sign the papers.

2. To agree with.

[check-up]  {n.}

A periodic examination by a physician or of some equipment by a mechanic.

I am overdue for my annual physical check-up.

[cheek]

See: [TURN THE OTHER CHEEK].

[cheer]

See: [BRONX CHEER].