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check out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
    "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
    check  check up on  look into  check out  suss out  check over  go over  check into 
  2. be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
    "These stories don't check!"
    check  check out 
  3. announce one's departure from a hotel
    check out 
  4. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
    "I have to sound out the new professor"
    check out  sound out  feel out 
  5. record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
    "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"
    check out 
  6. withdraw money by writing a check
    cheque  check out 
  7. trace
    "We are running down a few tips"
    run down  check out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


check out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (intransitive) To pay the bill, and record one's departure, as from a hotel.
  2. (verb) (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
  3. (verb) (context/intransitive/euphemism) ("by extension") To die.
  4. (verb) (intransitive) To have one's purchases recorded and bagged at a supermarket, and pay for it.
  5. (verb) (transitive) To withdraw an item, as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.
  6. (verb) (transitive) To examine or inspect; to espy.
  7. (verb) (transitive) To obtain computer source code from a repository.
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