checkoff (third-person singular simple presentchecks off,present participlechecking off,simple past and past participlechecked off)
- (US, Philippines, often used without "off") To mark items on alist (with acheckmark or by crossing them out) that have beenchosen for keeping or removal or that have beendealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); totick off (UK),tick (UK),cross off,strike off.
Check off the items on the list that interest you.
Check off the items that you've checked (inspected).
Check off the correct answer to each question.
I completed the task, pleasecheck meoff the list.
- 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.
- To deduct union members' dues from their wages.
- (slang, prison, intransitive) To request protection by prison authorities.
He's not in gen-pop anymore because hechecked off.
