"rain-check" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Alternative form of rain check"
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      "form": "rain-checks",
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    {
      "form": "rain-checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
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        "participle",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "raincheck"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Suzanne Johnson, Royal Street",
          "text": "Earlier, I'd arranged to meet Eugenie in Metairie to help her find a new refrigerator, but I called and rain-checked.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lindy Cameron, Redback",
          "text": "Jana planted her hands on her hips, rain-checked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 403",
          "text": "Can we rain-check?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of raincheck"
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        "(transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of raincheck"
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  "word": "rain-check"
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Lindy Cameron, Redback",
          "text": "Jana planted her hands on her hips, rain-checked the promise of allegiance, and continued the challenging stare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 403",
          "text": "Can we rain-check?",
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