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check off

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check someone or something off
to mark or cross out the name of a person or thing on a list. I am glad to see that you were able to come. I will check you off. I checked the items off. I checked off the recent arrivals.
See also: check

check off something also check something off
to look at a list of names or items and mark them if correct He checked off their names as the passengers got on the bus.
See also: check


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If some of your bills come from a local company consider dropping the check off in person instead of mailing it.
When he loses his hamster Houdini because of an attention gap, his parents decide to help him learn about responsibility by having him use a chore chart to check off daily chores.
Since 2000, the first year Americans were given the option to check off more than one box for race on Census surveys, the number of multiracial people has grown 33% as of 2008.
 
 
 
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