shoulder check
shoulder check · shoulder checks
An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before…An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.
» When changing lanes look over your shoulder and check your blind spot.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Canada, US)An instance of looking backwards over one's shoulder while driving or biking, before changing lanes or making a turn, to see if any vehicles are in one's blind spots.
(transitive)An instance of checking (strongly bumping into) with one's shoulder(s).
Examples
2 sentencesWhen changing lanes look over your shoulder and check your blind spot.
Tom took a pistol out of his shoulder holster, checked it and put it back.
Forms
plural: shoulder checks| Singular | shoulder check |
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