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check out v. t.

To inspect or examine. (Colloq.)

To make a record of having borrowed (something) for temporary use; as, to check out a book at the library; to check out equipment from a depository.

To bring (items to be purchased) to a checkout counter (as at a supermarket or other retail store) where the prices may be totaled and the bill may be paid.

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Etymology of 'Check out'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Check out" Quotes from Famous Books

... a screamer. If you test it as a unit, you'll ruin it. So you test it a part at a time. All the parts check out nicely because the test mechanisms are ...

— Hanging by a Thread • Gordon Randall Garrett

... uncertainty of everything. You haven't been able to rest because you have been raging and fuming so at unavoidable conditions—you have been fighting facts. And it's all so useless, Steve, between you and me—everything would check out on zero if we'd just come out ...

— Spacehounds of IPC • Edward Elmer Smith

... the old lady the only unoccupied room in the hotel—one with a private bath adjoining. The next morning, when the guest was ready to check out, ...

— Best Short Stories • Various

... to borrow a Geiger counter at Wright Field, then check out a camera. I called my wife and asked her to pack a few clothes and bring them out to me. Bob got the equipment, ran home and packed a bag, and in two hours he and I and our two pilots, Captain Bill Hoey and Captain David ...

— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

Words linked to "Check out" : watch over, check off, check, suss out, gibe, analyze, take out, correspond, watch, canvass, withdraw, follow up on, act on, look into, analyse, check up on, draw off, pursue, agree, tally, run down, jibe, mark off, buy, observe, fit, checkout