Definitions
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- verb To
check again (just to be sure)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb check once more to be absolutely sure
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Examples
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The principal called Ms. Timoney and said she considered the toy suspension-worthy, and that she was going to double-check with a security administrator from the city Department of Education.
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Anyway, the liberals came up with the bright idea of preventing economic downturns from ever happening again (tip: if you suddenly figure out how to beat a proven economic law, I would double-check, triple-check, and quadruple check your calculations before proceeding) so, that is the reason they mandated these sub-prime mortgages and forced banks to lend money to whoever asked for it.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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As you head out for July 4th festivities, you might want to double-check your car's back seat.
Summer Alert: Check the Back Seat Kristen Gerencher 2011
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Anyway, the liberals came up with the bright idea of preventing economic downturns from ever happening again (tip: if you suddenly figure out how to beat a proven economic law, I would double-check, triple-check, and quadruple check your calculations before proceeding) so, that is the reason they mandated these sub-prime mortgages and forced banks to lend money to whoever asked for it.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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As long as you own both, you must make a slow and deliberate effort and double-check your ammo before going shooting.
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And next time you need a course packet, double-check the professor's name and don't go back to Abel's!
Abel's Copies Won't Issue A Refund Even After Selling You The Wrong Product - The Consumerist 2009
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And because I was slow this time, I would have to replay it for myself to double-check.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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In fact, I just went and bought the “Surrealistic Pillow” track (via iTunes) to double-check — yep, that final line is definitely “Feed your head”.
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After the family firm's bookkeeper-nephew takes a fatal fall, which local police deem an accident, Lynley's Yard superior asks the dectective inspector to double-check that verdict, though quietly: "No feathers ruffled but no stone unturned."
In Brief: Mysteries 2012
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As long as you own both, you must make a slow and deliberate effort and double-check your ammo before going shooting.
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