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reality check
noun
- a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
reality check
noun
- an occasion or opportunity to consider a matter realistically or honestly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reality check1
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Idioms and Phrases
An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality, as in Time for a reality check—wasn't this supposed to be a money-making enterprise? [ Slang ; second half of 1900s]Discover More
Example Sentences
Reality check: Perfect is never on the menu, especially in Albany.
Klopfer alleged in an interview with RH Reality Check that these anti-abortion groups have doctored his forms.
Still, the oppression of Christians abroad could be a much-needed reality check for those complaining about the War on Christmas.
Reality Check No. 1: Immigration reform is only dead if the House of Representatives—specifically Speaker Boehner—decides it is.
Progressives who hope, in 2014, to regulate their way out of this problem need a reality check.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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