Check and Gag

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

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Gag and check are semantically related In some cases you can use "Gag" instead a verb "Check".

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Gag verb - To discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

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Check and gag are semantically related in censor topic. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a verb "Gag".

good	good check	good gag
usual	usual check	usual gag
brief	brief check	brief gag
standard	standard check	standard gag
Other adjectives: single, simple, popular, small, entire, real, constant, big, huge, wrong, little, quick, final, random, basic, last.

body	check body	gag body
times	check times	gag times

And finally, you should check out the Department of Redundancy Department for a long running gag.

Source: Running Gag / TV Tropes aka: Repeatedly Used On This Very Wiki
Used as a gag in Amazon Women on the Moon (predating the World Wide Web!) when a woman runs a background check on a blind date.

Source: Googling the New Acquaintance
Check out the Department of Redundancy Department for a long running gag.

Source: Running Gag / TV Tropes aka: Repeatedly Used On This Very Wiki

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Gag and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/gag

Check & Gag. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/gag>.

Gag or Check. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/gag.

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