check out

Formschecks out, checking out, checked out

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   examinephrasal verbtransitive

   To look closely at something, find out more about it, or look at someone you find attractive.

   Let's check out the new pizza place on Main Street.

   We checked out three apartments before we picked one.

   Similarexamine, inspect, investigate, verify

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   phrasal verbintransitive

   To sign out or pay before you leave a hotel, a job, or a store.

   We have to check out of the hotel by eleven.

   After my shift, I check out at the front desk.

   Similarleave

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   phrasal verbtransitive

   To record that a person is leaving or that something is being taken out, like a library book.

   I checked out two books from the library.

   The clerk checked out the last guests and locked the door.

   Similarborrow

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   noun · check-out

   Another spelling of checkout. Used for leaving a hotel or paying in a store.

   Check-out is at eleven, so pack your bags tonight.

   There was a long line at the check-out.

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   prove truephrasal verbintransitive

   To be shown to be true or correct after someone checks it.

   We called the number on the letter, and it checked out.

   If your papers check out, you can get on the plane.

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   lose interestphrasal verbintransitive

   To stop caring about something and stop really taking part in it.

   By the last hour of the meeting, half the team had checked out.

   Kids often check out when a lesson goes on too long.

   Similardisengage, withdraw

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   diephrasal verbeuphemisticintransitive

   A softer way of saying to die.

   Grandpa always said he wasn't ready to check out yet.

   Our old dog finally checked out last winter, at sixteen.

   Similardie

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   take codephrasal verbtransitive

   To take a copy of code from the place where a team keeps it, so you can change it.

   Before you fix the bug, check out a fresh copy of the code from the team's shared server.

   She checked out the project files and began editing.

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   go blankphrasal verbintransitive

   To stop reacting to the people and things around you, as if your mind has gone away.

   When the news came, my mom just checked out and stared at the wall.

   Sometimes he checks out in the middle of a conversation and doesn't hear a word.

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    win (darts)phrasal verbintransitive

    In darts, to throw your last darts and score exactly the points you need to win.

    She needed 40 to check out and hit it with her first dart.

    He missed three chances to check out and lost the game.

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