"check off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: checks off [present, singular, third-person], checking off [participle, present], checked off [participle, past], checked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} check off (third-person singular simple present checks off, present participle checking off, simple past and past participle checked off)
  1. (US, 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. Tags: US, often
    Sense id: en-check_off-en-verb-EXPvBgiB Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 37 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 42 35 23
  2. 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.
    Sense id: en-check_off-en-verb-Bc6kizok Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 37 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 42 35 23
  3. To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
    Sense id: en-check_off-en-verb-lMlnUKBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 37 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 42 35 23

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for check off meaning in English (3.1kB)

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        "To deduct union members' dues from their wages."
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