check off

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check off

verb checks off · checking off · checked off

  1. Philippines, 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). Check off the items on the list that interest you.

    Similar: tick off, tick, cross off, strike off

  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.
  3. To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
  4. intransitive, slang To request protection by prison authorities. He's not in gen-pop anymore because he checked off.

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Españolpuntear, tarjar
Deutschabhaken, ankreuzen
עבריתסמנב simnév

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@misc{check_off_2026,
  title = {check off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/check%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}