Check and Jail

Check

Check noun - The amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount.

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Jail and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jail" instead the word "Check" as a noun or a verb.

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

Jail noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

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Check and jail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead the word "Jail" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

high	high check	high jail
full	full check	full jail
special	special check	special jail
small	small check	small jail
Other adjectives: real, big, bad, personal, bigger.

check times

jail times

As such he has to replace one of the inmates, as the guards won't check someone who is already in jail.

Source: Get into Jail Free
Eventually Lisa went in to check on him, only to find he'd already been sent back to jail.

Source: Series / Our America With Lisa Ling
After Detective Benson helps a nervous elderly woman, a background check reveals she broke out of jail to escape a false charge decades ago.

Source: Reality Ensues / Live-Action TV

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