check off (English, verb)
expansion: check off (third-person singular simple present checks off, present participle checking off, simple past and past participle checked off)
Senses:
glosses: To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
tags: Philippines
US
often
raw_tags: used without "off"
glosses: 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.
glosses: To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
qualifier: prison
glosses: To request protection by prison authorities.
tags: intransitive
slang
Forms:
form: checks off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: checking off
tags: participle
present
form: checked off
tags: participle
past
form: checked off
tags: past