- check over
- verbexamine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition-
check the brakes
-Check out the engine
• Syn:• Derivationally related forms: ↑checkout (for: ↑check out), ↑check (for: ↑check), ↑checker (for: ↑check)• Hyponyms: ↑watch, ↑observe, ↑follow, ↑watch over, ↑keep an eye on• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-They won't check over the story
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check over [phrasal verb]check (something or someone) over or check over (something or someone) : to look at (something or someone) in a careful way to find problems, mistakes, etc.Be sure to check over each item on the list for any mistakes.
She checked herself over [=she looked at herself carefully] in the mirror before going to the party.
• • •Main Entry: ↑check
Useful english dictionary. 2012.