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Definition of Check out

1. Verb. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. "They won't check out the story "; "Check out the engine"

2. Verb. Announce one's departure from a hotel.

3. Verb. Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection. "They won't check out the story "; "These stories don't check!"

4. Verb. Trace. "We are running down a few tips"

5. Verb. Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased. "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"

6. Verb. Withdraw money by writing a check.

7. Verb. Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions. "I have to sound out the new professor"

Definition of Check out

1. Verb. (intransitive) To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To withdraw (an item), as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) (sense computer science) To obtain source code from a repository. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To become disinterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive. ¹

8. Verb. (intransitive) To leave in a hurry. ¹

9. Verb. (intransitive euphemistic by extension) To die. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case / in order. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Check Out

check-ups check bit check box check boxes check character check digit check girl check in check into check is in the mail

check ligaments of eyeball check ligaments of odontoid check mark check marks check off check out (current term) check over check overdraft credit check rail check rails

check register check scale check side check sides check stub check up check up on check weigher checkability checkable

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