backcheck

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back-check

[bak-chek]

–verb (used without object) Ice Hockey.

1.	to skate back toward one's defensive zone obstructing or impeding the movement or progress of one or more opponents on attack. Compare check ¹ (def. 15), fore-check.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to check over or through; review: Back-check the files to see if the patient's records are there.

Origin:
1935–40

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