check something ↔ off phrasal verb (see also check)
to write a mark next to something on a list to show that you have chosen it, dealt with it, or made sure that it is correct:
One by one he checked them off on his register.

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check off
check off (something)
to look at a list of names or items and mark them if correct.
He checked off their names as the passengers got on the bus.

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check off something
check off (something)
to look at a list of names or items and mark them if correct.
He checked off their names as the passengers got on the bus.

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check off
v. To put a mark beside (the name of a person or thing on a list) to show that it has been counted.
The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus.
Bill wrote down the names of all the states he could remember, and then he checked them off against the list in his book.
Compare: TICK OFF.

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