dou|ble-check

dou|ble-check
dou|ble-check «DUHB uhl CHEHK», verb, noun.
–v.t., v.i.
to check twice: »

to double-check a report, to double-check for factual errors. Local police, who double-checked, decided he could go his way (Time).

–n.
a check of something twice: »

to make a double-check of safety apparatus.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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