a doctor's examination, a medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.
check it out
inquire, find out about Check it out. It may be a great opportunity.
check-out
the counter where you pay for your purchases The shoppers were lined up at the Canadian Tire check-out.
check over
look for errors in a paper, see if there are mistakes I've written a letter of application. Will you check it over for me?
check that
look at that, get a load of that "When Rick saw the sports car, he said, ""Check that!"""
check-up
a periodic inspection of a patient by a doctor I went to have my annual check-up last week.
check up on
see if everything is fine or safe He went to check up on the kids because they were crying.
check your bags
give your luggage to the ticket agent I would like to check my bags. Will you put them on the plane?
checkered career
career with failures, history of good and bad His checkered career may ruin his chance of being elected.
checkup
doctor's examination, medical examination If you aren't feeling well, go to the doctor for a checkup.
double-check
check again to be sure something is correct He double-checked the price of the airplane ticket.
heck
hell, shucks She asked me to come in, but heck, her boyfriend was there.
in check
under control, kept quiet or back The violence was kept in check by the police department and the army.
one hell/heck of a something
the emphasis that something is very good or bad The residents of the town gave the Prime Minister one heck of a welcome when he visited them last winter.
rain check
a promise to repeat an invitation at a later date I decided to take a rain check and go to the restaurant another time.
sheckle
dollar, coin, buck, loonie He earns a few sheckles a day by selling bottles that he finds.
spotcheck
check anytime, inspect whenever you wish The prison guard did spotchecks on the men during the night.
what the heck
why bother? it does not matter Bing and Ko are getting married. What the heck. I don't care.
blinkin' heck
an old fashioned inoffensive exclamation of surprise, often expressed without the 'h'. Also "heck" can be replaced with "hell"
By heck
an exclamation of surprise. Dialectically the h is dropped [Northern English use]
check out
1. to see, to look at:"Check out that guy over there" 2. to visit, inspect
chin check
a hit in the jaw; a fight;"He got a chin check when he called her a skank"
check in
1.register in a hotel;report one's arrival 在旅馆登记住宿;报到;签到 Have you checked in at the hotel yet?你在旅馆登记住宿了吗? We have to check in at the office building at 8.我们必须在8点到办公楼签到。 The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday.我们邀请的朋友直到星期六才到达。 2.receive sth.back and make a record of it 收回;注消;收到登记 I put the books on the library desk,and the librarian checked them in.我把书放在图书馆的柜台上,图书管理员验收了这些书。 We're supposed to check our luggage in before 8:00.我们应在8点钟前交运行李。 You can check your suitcases in at the desk.你们可以把箱子寄存在服务台。
check off
1.check up;put a mark beside sth.to show that it has been counted 清点;核对;验讫 The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus.老师一上车,就清点学生人数。 Please check off these lists again.请把这些清单再核对一下。 She checked off the names she wanted to invite。她在要邀请的人员名字上做了记号。 Please check off these parcels before they are despatched.在发送这些包裹前请打上查讫记号。 2.go off duty 下班 We check off at six p.m.daily.我们每天下午6点下班。 3.deduct(union dues)from a worker's paycheck 从工资中扣除(工会费) My dues were checked off every month.我的工会费每月从工资中扣除。
check on
inspect;verify 核实;检查 We'd better check on this story before we print it.在印刷之前我们最好把这个情况核实一下。 We'll check on the plane before it leaves.飞机起飞前我们要进行检查。
check up
examine;make inquires about;investigate检查;核对;调查 Please check up your papers carefully before you hand them in.交卷以前请仔细检查一下。 I'll ask the doctor to check me up.我要请医生给我做一下检查。 Please check up the facts before you write the report.在写报告之前请把事实核对一下。
check with
1.accord with 与…符合;与…核对无误 Does this report check with your investigation?这篇报告与你的调查相符吗? 2.confer or discuss with与…商议 You'd better check with your father before you make the final decision.在作出决定之前,你最好同你父亲商量一下。
keep in check
1.control;avoid an excess of 控制(增长) We must keep our spending in check this month.我们必须控制这个月的开销。 Unless imports are kept in check we are in danger of losing our favourable balance of trade.如果不控制进口,我们就有失去贸易有利平衡的危险。 If I hadn't kept myself in check,I might have said something that I would have regretted later.如果我不控制自己的话,我就会说出一些以后要后悔的话。 2.prevent any further advance by 控制进一步发展 By prompt action the authorities managed to keep the disease in check.当局采取及时措施控制了疾病的蔓延。
make a check out
Idiom(s): make a check out (to sb)
Theme: MONEY
to write a check naming someone as payee. • Please make a check out to John Jones. • Do you want cash, or should I make out a check?
honor one's check
Idiom(s): honor one's check
Theme: COMMERCE
to accept someone's personal check. • The clerk at the store wouldn't honor my check. I had to pay cash. • The bank didn't honor your check when I tried to deposit it. Please give me cash.
give sb a blank check
Idiom(s): give someone a blank check AND give a blank check to someone
Theme: PERMISSION
to give someone freedom or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a signed bank check with the amount left blank.) • He's been given a blank check with regard to reorganizing the workforce. • The manager has been given no instructions about how to train the staff. The owner just gave him a blank check. • Jane gave the decorator a blank check and said she wanted the whole house done.
get a rain check
Idiom(s): get a rain check (on something) AND take a rain check (on something)
Theme: SUBSTITUTION
to accept a piece of paper allowing one to see an event—which has been canceled—at a later time. (Originally said of sporting events that had to be canceled because of rain.) • The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it. • I didn't take a rain check because I'm leaving town for a month.
get a checkup
Idiom(s): get a checkup
Theme: MEDICAL
to have a physical examination by a physician. • She got a checkup yesterday. • I going to have a checkup in the morning. I hope I'm okay.
cut a check
Idiom(s): cut (sb) a check
Theme: COMMERCE
to write a check; to have a computer print a check. • We will cut a check for the balance due you later this afternoon. • We will cut you a check as soon as possible.
checks and balances
Idiom(s): checks and balances
Theme: BALANCE
a system where power is kept in control and balance between the various branches of government. (Fixed order.) • The newspaper editor claimed that the system of checks and balances built into our Constitution has been subverted by party politics. • We depend on checks and balances in government to keep despots from seizing control of the government.
take a rain check
Idiom(s): get a rain check (on something) AND take a rain check (on something)
Theme: SUBSTITUTION
to accept a piece of paper allowing one to see an event—which has been canceled—at a later time. (Originally said of sporting events that had to be canceled because of rain.) • The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it. • I didn't take a rain check because I'm leaving town for a month.
pick up the check
Idiom(s): pick up the tab AND pick up the check
Theme: PAYMENT
to pay the bill. (Informal.) • Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab. • Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check.
hold in check
Idiom(s): keep someone or something in check AND hold someone or something in check
Theme: CONTROL
to keep someone or something under control; to restrain someone or something. • Hang on to this rope to keep the dog in check. • I was so angry I could hardly hold myself in check.
give a blank check to
Idiom(s): give someone a blank check AND give a blank check to someone
Theme: PERMISSION
to give someone freedom or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a signed bank check with the amount left blank.) • He's been given a blank check with regard to reorganizing the workforce. • The manager has been given no instructions about how to train the staff. The owner just gave him a blank check. • Jane gave the decorator a blank check and said she wanted the whole house done.
check into
Idiom(s): look into something AND check into something; see into something
Theme: EXAMINATION - INVESTIGATION
to investigate something. • I'll have to look into that matter. • The police checked into her story. • Don't worry about your problem. I'll see into it.
check out
look at carefully, investigate "The company checks out all new employees."
Just for the heck of it
When someone does something just for the heck of it, they do it without a good reason.
Take a raincheck
If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ('Raincheck' is also used.)
Raincheck
An offer or deal that is declined right now but willing to accept later.
blank check|blank|check
n. 1. A bank check written to a person who can then write in how much money he wants. John's father sent him a blank check to pay his school bills. 2. informal Permission to another person to do anything he decides to do. The teacher gave the pupils a blank check to plan the picnic.
check in|check
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. Antonym: CHECK OUT. 1b. informal To arrive. The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday. 2. To receive (something) back and make a record of it. The coach checked in the football uniforms at the end of the school year.The students put their books on the library desk, and the librarian checked them in.
check off|check
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 he checked them off against the list in his book. Compare: TICK OFF.
check on someone|check|check on|check on something
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 downstairs and Mr. Brown went down to check up on it.You can check on your answers at the back of the book.The police are checking up on the man to see if he has a police record.Grandfather went to have the doctor check on his health. Compare: LOOK INTO, LOOK OVER.
check out|check
v. 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning. Antonym: CHECK IN. 1b. informal To go away; leave. I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday. Compare: CHECK IN. 2a. To make a list or record of. They checked out all the goods in the store. 2b. To give or lend (something) and make a record of it. The boss checked out the tools to the workmen as they came to work. 2c. To get (something) after a record has been made of it. I checked out a book from the library. 3. informal To test (something, like a part of a motor). The mechanic checked out the car battery."He checked out from the motel at nine," said the detective, "then he checked out the air in the car tires and his list of local clients." 4. slang To die. He seemed too young to check out.
check up|check
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 date with Janie, but phoned her to check up.
a checkup
a doctor's examination, a medical assay If you aren't activity well, go to the doctor for a checkup.
blank check
blank check Unrestricted authority, a chargeless hand, as in I'll abutment best of the chairman's agenda, but I'm not accessible to accord him a bare analysis for the company's future. Literally this appellation signifies a coffer analysis that is active by the drawer but does not announce the bulk of money, which is abounding in by the actuality to whom it is given. [Late 1800s]
blank check|blank|check
n. 1. A coffer analysis accounting to a actuality who can afresh address in how abundant money he wants. John's ancestor beatific him a bare analysis to pay his academy bills. 2. informal Permission to accession actuality to do annihilation he decides to do. The abecedary gave the pupils a bare analysis to plan the picnic.
blinkin' heck
an old ancient calm assertion of surprise, generally bidding afterwards the 'h'. Additionally "heck" can be replaced with "hell"
By heck
an assertion of surprise. Dialectically the h is alone [Northern English use]
look at carefully, investigate "The aggregation checks out all new employees."
check in
1.register in a hotel;report one's accession 在旅馆登记住宿;报到;签到 Have you arrested in at the auberge yet?你在旅馆登记住宿了吗? We acquire to analysis in at the appointment architecture at 8.我们必须在8点到办公楼签到。 The accompany we had access did not analysis in until Saturday.我们邀请的朋友直到星期六才到达。 2.receive sth.back and accomplish a almanac of it 收回;注消;收到登记 I put the books on the library desk,and the librarian arrested them in.我把书放在图书馆的柜台上,图书管理员验收了这些书。 We're declared to analysis our accoutrements in afore 8:00.我们应在8点钟前交运行李。 You can analysis your accoutrements in at the desk.你们可以把箱子寄存在服务台。
check in|check
v. 1a. To assurance your name (as at a auberge or convention). The aftermost guests to ability the auberge arrested in at 12 o'clock. Antonym: CHECK OUT. 1b. informal To arrive. The accompany we had access did not analysis in until Saturday. 2. To acquire (something) aback and accomplish a almanac of it. The drillmaster arrested in the football uniforms at the end of the academy year.The acceptance put their books on the library desk, and the librarian arrested them in.
check into
Idiom(s): look into article AND analysis into something; see into something
Theme: EXAMINATION - INVESTIGATION
to investigate something. • I'll acquire to attending into that matter. • The badge arrested into her story. • Don't anguish about your problem. I'll see into it.
check it out
inquire, acquisition out about Analysis it out. It may be a abundant opportunity.
check off
1.check up;put a mark beside sth.to appearance that it has been counted 清点;核对;验讫 The abecedary arrested off anniversary adherent as he got on the bus.老师一上车,就清点学生人数。 Please analysis off these lists again.请把这些清单再核对一下。 She arrested off the names she capital to invite。她在要邀请的人员名字上做了记号。 Please analysis off these accoutrements afore they are despatched.在发送这些包裹前请打上查讫记号。 2.go off assignment 下班 We analysis off at six p.m.daily.我们每天下午6点下班。 3.deduct(union dues)from a worker's paycheck 从工资中扣除(工会费) My ante were arrested off every month.我的工会费每月从工资中扣除。
check off|check
v. To put a mark beside (the name of a actuality or affair on a list) to appearance that it has been counted. The abecedary arrested off anniversary adherent as he got on the bus.Bill wrote down the names of all the states he could remember, and afresh he arrested them off adjoin the anniversary in his book. Compare: TICK OFF.
check on
inspect;verify 核实;检查 We'd bigger analysis on this adventure afore we book it.在印刷之前我们最好把这个情况核实一下。 We'll analysis on the even afore it leaves.飞机起飞前我们要进行检查。
check on someone|check|check on|check on something
v. To try to acquisition out the accuracy or rightness of; accomplish abiding of; examine; inspect; investigate. We arrested on Dan's age by accepting his bearing record.Mrs. Brown said she heard addition bench and Mr. Brown went down to analysis up on it.You can analysis on your answers at the aback of the book.The badge are blockage up on the man to see if he has a badge record.Grandfather went to acquire the doctor analysis on his health. Compare: LOOK INTO, LOOK OVER.
check out
1. to see, to attending at:"Check out that guy over there" 2. to visit, inspect
check out|check
v. 1a. To pay your auberge bill and leave. The aftermost guests arrested out of their apartment in the morning. Antonym: CHECK IN. 1b. informal To go away; leave. I hoped our bedfellow would break but he had to analysis out afore Monday. Compare: CHECK IN. 2a. To accomplish a anniversary or almanac of. They arrested out all the appurtenances in the store. 2b. To accord or accommodate (something) and accomplish a almanac of it. The bang-up arrested out the accoutrement to the apprentice as they came to work. 2c. To get (something) afterwards a almanac has been fabricated of it. I arrested out a book from the library. 3. informal To analysis (something, like a allotment of a motor). The artisan arrested out the car battery."He arrested out from the cabin at nine," said the detective, "then he arrested out the air in the car tires and his anniversary of bounded clients." 4. slang To die. He seemed too adolescent to analysis out.
check over
look for errors in a paper, see if there are mistakes I've accounting a letter of application. Will you analysis it over for me?
check that
look at that, get a bulk of that "When Rick saw the sports car, he said, ""Check that!"""
check up
examine;make inquires about;investigate检查;核对;调查 Please analysis up your affidavit anxiously afore you duke them in.交卷以前请仔细检查一下。 I'll ask the doctor to analysis me up.我要请医生给我做一下检查。 Please analysis up the facts afore you address the report.在写报告之前请把事实核对一下。
check up on
see if aggregate is accomplished or safe He went to analysis up on the kids because they were crying.
check up|check
v. To acquisition out or try to acquisition out the accuracy or definiteness of something; accomplish abiding of something; investigate. Mrs. Brown anticipation she had heard a burglar in the house, so Mr. Brown arrested up, but begin nobody.Bill anticipation he had a date with Janie, but phoned her to analysis up.
check with
1.accord with 与…符合;与…核对无误 Does this address analysis with your investigation?这篇报告与你的调查相符吗? 2.confer or altercate with与…商议 You'd bigger analysis with your ancestor afore you accomplish the final decision.在作出决定之前,你最好同你父亲商量一下。
check with|check
v. phr. 1. To consult. I appetite to analysis with my advocate afore I assurance the papers. 2. To accede with. Does my adaptation of our anniversary analysis with the coffer statement?
check your bags
give your accoutrements to the admission abettor I would like to analysis my bags. Will you put them on the plane?
check-out
the adverse breadth you pay for your purchases The shoppers were lined up at the Canadian Annoy check-out.
check-up
a alternate analysis of a accommodating by a doctor I went to acquire my anniversary check-up aftermost week.
check-up|check
n. A alternate assay by a physician or of some accessories by a mechanic. I am behind for my anniversary concrete check-up.I charge to booty my car in for a check-up.
checkered career
career with failures, history of acceptable and bad His checky career may ruin his adventitious of actuality elected.
checks and balances
Idiom(s): checks and balances
Theme: BALANCE
a arrangement breadth ability is kept in ascendancy and antithesis amid the assorted branches of government. (Fixed order.) • The bi-weekly editor claimed that the arrangement of checks and balances congenital into our Constitution has been subverted by affair politics. • We depend on checks and balances in government to accumulate despots from abduction ascendancy of the government.
checkup
doctor's examination, medical assay If you aren't activity well, go to the doctor for a checkup.
chin check
a hit in the jaw; a fight;"He got a button analysis aback he alleged her a skank"
claim check
claim check A cancellation for acreage that has been larboard or deposited, as in Give me your affirmation analysis and I'll aces up your laundry for you. This appellation best generally refers to a cancellation for such items as laundry (left for washing), clothes (for dry cleaning), a car (for servicing), or accoutrements (for concise storage). [First bisected of 1900s]
claim check|check|claim
n. A admission bare to get aback something. The man at the parking lot gave Mrs. Collins a affirmation check.The boy put the dry charwoman affirmation analysis in his billfold.The man told Mary the pictures would be accessible Friday and gave her a affirmation check.
cross-check|check|cross
cross-check1v. To analysis the accuracy of by analytical in altered means or by seeing altered letters about. If you see article in a book that may not be true, be abiding to crosscheck it in added books. cross-check2n. The testing of the accuracy of by blockage one address adjoin accession or others. A cross-check with added books will appearance us if this adventure is true.
cut a check
Idiom(s): cut (sb) a check
Theme: COMMERCE
to address a check; to acquire a computer book a check. • We will cut a analysis for the antithesis due you afterwards this afternoon. • We will cut you a analysis as anon as possible.
devil of it|devil|heck|heck of it
n. phr. 1. The affliction or best afflicted affair about a agitation or accident; the allotment that is best regrettable. Andy absent his notebook, and the devil of it was that the anthology independent all his appointment for the advancing week.When I had a collapsed tire, the devil of it was that my additional annoy was collapsed too. 2. Fun from accomplishing mischief. Used afterwards "for". The boys agitated abroad Miss White's advanced aboideau aloof for the devil of it.
double check(1)|check|double|double check
n. A accurate additional analysis to be abiding that article is right; a accurate attending for errors. The policeman fabricated a bifold analysis on the doors in the arcade area.
double-check
check afresh to be abiding article is actual He accurate the bulk of the aeroplane ticket.
double-check(2)|check|double|double check
v. 1. To do a bifold analysis on; attending at afresh actual carefully. When the aftermost accounting of his book was finished, the columnist accurate it. 2. To accomplish a bifold check; attending anxiously at something. The proofreader double-checks adjoin errors.
for the devil|for the heck|for the hell of it|heck
adv. phr. For no specific reason; aloof for activity and fun. We caked alkali into Uncle Tom's coffee, aloof for the heck of it. See: DEVIL OF IT.
get a checkup
Idiom(s): get a checkup
Theme: MEDICAL
to acquire a concrete assay by a physician. • She got a analysis yesterday. • I activity to acquire a analysis in the morning. I achievement I'm okay.
get a rain check
Idiom(s): get a rain analysis (on something) AND booty a rain analysis (on something)
Theme: SUBSTITUTION
to acquire a allotment of cardboard acceptance one to see an event—which has been canceled—at a afterwards time. (Originally said of antic contest that had to be canceled because of rain.) • The bold was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it. • I didn't booty a rain analysis because I'm abrogation boondocks for a month.
give a bare analysis to
Idiom(s): give addition a bare analysis AND accord a bare analysis to someone
Theme: PERMISSION
to accord addition abandon or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a active coffer analysis with the bulk larboard blank.) • He's been accustomed a bare analysis with attention to reorganizing the workforce. • The administrator has been accustomed no instructions about how to alternation the staff. The buyer aloof gave him a bare check. • Jane gave the decorator a bare analysis and said she capital the accomplished abode done.
give sb a bare check
Idiom(s): give addition a bare analysis AND accord a bare analysis to someone
Theme: PERMISSION
to accord addition abandon or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a active coffer analysis with the bulk larboard blank.) • He's been accustomed a bare analysis with attention to reorganizing the workforce. • The administrator has been accustomed no instructions about how to alternation the staff. The buyer aloof gave him a bare check. • Jane gave the decorator a bare analysis and said she capital the accomplished abode done.
heck
hell, shucks She asked me to appear in, but heck, her admirer was there.
hold in check
Idiom(s): keep addition or article in analysis AND authority addition or article in check
Theme: CONTROL
to accumulate addition or article beneath control; to arrest addition or something. • Hang on to this braiding to accumulate the dog in check. • I was so affronted I could hardly authority myself in check.
honor one's check
Idiom(s): honor one's check
Theme: COMMERCE
to acquire someone's claimed check. • The agent at the abundance wouldn't account my check. I had to pay cash. • The coffer didn't account your analysis aback I approved to drop it. Please accord me cash.
in check
under control, kept quiet or aback The abandon was kept in analysis by the badge administration and the army.
in check|check
adv. phr. In a position breadth movement or activity is not accustomed or stopped; beneath control; kept quiet or back. The boy was too baby to accumulate the big dog in check, and the dog bankrupt abroad from his leash.The soldiers approved to accumulate the advancing Indians in analysis until advice came.Mary couldn't authority her animosity in analysis any best and began to cry.
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