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check-over
[ chek-oh-ver ]
noun
- a thorough examination or investigation.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of check-over1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Dan, Chips and Brad, who were to help Mr. Holloway with the cooking that night, remained behind to check over supplies.
He shoved the check over to the banker and was out of the room before anybody could say anything.
His twenty-four to windward held an absolute check over the supposed thirty-four unengaged, of the enemy.
One man turned up in Bootstrap with radiation burns, but he had not offered himself for check over at the hospital.
The shift brought out by the busses was going through the check-over process in the incoming screen room.
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