check off

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Synonyms: checkoff, checks off, chuck off, check-off, check out, check on, clock off, whack off, click off, checked off, hack off

Antonyms: checkoff, checks off, chuck off, check-off, check out, check on, clock off, whack off, click off, checked off, hack off

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|US|Philippines|often used without "off"}} To mark items on a [[list]] (with a [[checkmark]] or by crossing them out) that have been [[choose|chosen]] for keeping or removal or that have been [[deal with|dealt with]] (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
2. To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration.
3. To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
4. {{lb|en|slang|prison|intransitive}} To request protection by prison authorities.

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