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examine, inspect, probe, survey, check up on, check, check into,
check over: You had best check out her references before hiring
her. c pass, pass muster or scrutiny, meet approval, be
verified, check: According to our records, his story checks
out. d Slang cash in one's checks or chips, kick the bucket,
croak: Sam checked out last week - heart attack, I think. 11
check over or out. review, verify, authenticate, check: Please
check over my figures before I submit them to the accountant.
12 check up (on). a investigate, do research, probe, explore,
check: I don't know her name, but I'll check up and let you
know. b determine, discover, find out, look into, check: I
want you to check up on where they eat lunch.
--n. 13 stop, stopping, cease, surcease, hesitation, cessation,
stoppage, interruption, break, pause, balk or baulk,
discontinuity, discontinuation, discontinuance, suspension: The
visitors continued to arrive without check, far into the night.
14 restraint, repression, inhibition, limitation, curb,
restriction, control, constraint, hindrance, obstruction,
impediment, damper: He keeps a good check on the foreman. This
tax will serve as a check against free trade. 15 control, test,
inspection, examination, scrutiny, verification, substantiation,
authentication, confirmation, validation, corroboration: We do
a thorough check on the quality of every product. 16 US tick,
mark, dash, X: Place a check in the box alongside your choice.
17 token, receipt, counterfoil, stub; voucher, chit,
certificate: Don't lose your baggage check. 18 chip, counter:
Let's cash in our checks and go home. 19 Chiefly US bill, tab,
charge(s): In the U.S.A., people generally add 15 per cent to
the check for a tip.
cheeky adj. impudent, impertinent, insolent, audacious, disrespectful,
rude, uncivil, forward, brazen, pert, saucy: That cheeky little
brat told me to get lost!
cheer n. 1 disposition, frame of mind, spirit: They were of good
cheer, considering their predicament. 2 cheerfulness, gladness,
mirth, joy, gaiety, blitheness, happiness, buoyancy,
light-heartedness, merrymaking: There wasn't much cheer at the
pub when we learnt of what had befallen poor Grover. 3 comfort,
solace, encouragement, consolation: She brought in a little
breath of cheer from the outside world. 4 shout, cry, hurrah,
rah, huzzah, hurray or hooray: Three cheers for Penelope!