check someone/something out
- check someone/something out
1) establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something
they decided to go and check out a local restaurant
2) check something out enter the price of goods in a supermarket into a cash machine for addition and payment by a customer
■ register something as having been borrowed
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check someone/thing out — establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something. → check … English new terms dictionary
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sound someone/something out — INVESTIGATE, test, check, examine, probe, research, look into; canvass, survey, poll, question, interview, sample; informal pump. → sound … Useful english dictionary
ˌcheck sb/sth ˈout — phrasal verb to examine someone or something in order to be certain that everything is correct, true, or satisfactory I ve been taking loads of photographs, just to check out the camera.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
check — 1 /tSek/ verb 1 FIND OUT (I, T) to do something in order to find out whether something that you think is correct, true, or safe really is correct, true, or safe: Are all the windows shut? I ll just go and check. | check sth: I ll check my… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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check out someone — check out (someone/something) to discover the facts about someone or something. Not one of the places I checked out seemed right for the wedding. We checked out his story, and his boss says he really was at work that day. Usage notes: often used… … New idioms dictionary
check out something — check out (someone/something) to discover the facts about someone or something. Not one of the places I checked out seemed right for the wedding. We checked out his story, and his boss says he really was at work that day. Usage notes: often used… … New idioms dictionary
check out — (someone/something) to discover the facts about someone or something. Not one of the places I checked out seemed right for the wedding. We checked out his story, and his boss says he really was at work that day. Usage notes: often used in the… … New idioms dictionary
check — check1 [ tʃek ] verb *** ▸ 1 examine someone/something ▸ 2 look/ask again ▸ 3 stop action/event ▸ 4 mark to show agreement ▸ 5 give someone bags/suitcases ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) check or check over transitive to examine something in order to find out… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English