Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
How words are described
| good | good check | good press |
| standard | standard check | standard press |
| single | single check | single press |
| simple | simple check | simple press |
| Other adjectives: popular, small, real, large, huge, wrong, little, bad, quick, final, random. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Probably explains why the press don't double check it when she denies any connection with Saki.
Source: Manga / Saki Achiga-hen -
Making the best of a bad situation, Barney has Harris check Wojo into the hospital under the witness's name, and Harris leaks to the press that he died.
Source: Series / Barney Miller -
Delayed Reaction: The Doctor sees Lazarus's press conference without commenting, leaves in the TARDIS, and then comes back to double-check what he just heard with Martha.
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