Check
Check verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: a tree finally checked the skidding car
Drive
Drive verb - To cause to function.
Usage example: machinery driven by waterpower
How words are described
| high | high check | high drive |
| long | long check | long drive |
| standard | standard check | standard drive |
| initial | initial check | initial drive |
| Other adjectives: single, powerful, entire, constant, big, little, capable, personal, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In one of the earlier Test Drive Off Road games every single time you went through a check point the announcer would yell "CHECK POINT".
Source: Most Annoying Sound -
Failed a Spot Check: Ai and Julie fix up a van and drive off in it, but fail to notice a person sleeping in the backseat until Scar mentions him well into the drive.
Source: Light Novel / Sunday Without God - They would randomly drive from Kansas to Ohio to check on her and follow her around, keylogged her computer, and forcing her to turn on Skype so they could watch her sleep via webcam.
Source: Meddling Parents
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