"check off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "checks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "check off (third-person singular simple present checks off, present participle checking off, simple past and past participle checked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Philippine English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 47 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 44 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 43 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 50 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 46 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Check off the items on the list that interest you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Check off the correct answer to each question.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I completed the task, please check me off the list.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off."
      ],
      "id": "en-check_off-en-verb-EXPvBgiB",
      "links": [
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "checkmark",
          "checkmark"
        ],
        [
          "chosen",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "dealt with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "tick off",
          "tick off"
        ],
        [
          "tick",
          "tick"
        ],
        [
          "cross off",
          "cross off"
        ],
        [
          "strike off",
          "strike off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Philippines, often used without \"off\") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used without \"off\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Philippines",
        "US",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 47 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 44 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 43 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 50 5 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 50 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 46 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration."
      ],
      "id": "en-check_off-en-verb-Bc6kizok"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To deduct union members' dues from their wages."
      ],
      "id": "en-check_off-en-verb-lMlnUKBO"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's not in gen-pop anymore because he checked off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To request protection by prison authorities."
      ],
      "id": "en-check_off-en-verb-nSS4Erho",
      "qualifier": "prison",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, prison, intransitive) To request protection by prison authorities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puntear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 3",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tarjar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "check off"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "checks off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checking off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checked off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "checked off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "check off (third-person singular simple present checks off, present participle checking off, simple past and past participle checked off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Philippine English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Check off the items on the list that interest you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Check off the correct answer to each question.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I completed the task, please check me off the list.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "list",
          "list"
        ],
        [
          "checkmark",
          "checkmark"
        ],
        [
          "chosen",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "dealt with",
          "deal with"
        ],
        [
          "tick off",
          "tick off"
        ],
        [
          "tick",
          "tick"
        ],
        [
          "cross off",
          "cross off"
        ],
        [
          "strike off",
          "strike off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, Philippines, often used without \"off\") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used without \"off\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Philippines",
        "US",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To deduct union members' dues from their wages."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's not in gen-pop anymore because he checked off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To request protection by prison authorities."
      ],
      "qualifier": "prison",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, prison, intransitive) To request protection by prison authorities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "puntear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tarjar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "check off"
}