Check
Check verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met
Take out
Take out verb - To find emotional release for.
Usage example: he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood
Both terms in one sentence
- In the Dale Brown novel Plan of Attack, Russian Army General Nikolai Stepashin, who sees nothing wrong with sneak nuclear bombings on North America, is disgusted by president Gryzlov's nuking of a Russian airbase to take out American infiltrators and the man's refusal to check for Russian survivors.
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In X, attacking bleeds off speed even if you don't hit anything — not to mention that the surest way to take out an opposing machine is to shoulder-check it into the boards, which can bleed off a lot of speed, especially if you miss.
Source: Video Game / F-Zero
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