Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Philippines, US, often)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.

    Check off the correct answer to each question.

  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.

    abhaken, ankreuzen

  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.

More definitions
  • put a check mark on or near or next to

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I check off each task on my list as soon as I complete it.

    ruЯ отмечаю каждое задание в своём списке по завершении. — corvard

  2. Kate checked the tasks off of her to-do list.

    ruКейт отметила задания в своём списке дел. — astynk

  3. I checked off the list all the trading cards we've gotten.

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  4. He's the guild's resident troll, so if he tells you the raid has been cancelled, double-check before logging off.

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  5. Karl wanted to check Algiers off his bucket list.

Translations

3 languages
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Forms

checks off, checking off, checked off, checked off
Base formcheck off · to check off
3rd person singularchecks off
Present participlechecking off
Past simplechecked off
Past participlechecked off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheck off
he, she, itchecks off

Past simpleLesson

all personschecked off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave checked off
he, she, ithas checked off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill check off

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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