Check out and Figure

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Check out verb - To look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).

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

Figure verb - To come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration.

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Check out and figure are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check out" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

This becomes fairly obvious when considering the astonishing range of expressions Rich Burlew imparts to stick-figure faces, or the sheer level of detail in many panels (check out, for example, the first panel of "Wands Are for Suckers", or "Shattered" or "C.P.P.D. Blues").

Source: Stick Figure Comic
Cover Identity Anomaly: Liz Allen takes less than a day to figure out that Miguel's the most likely candidate to be Spider-Man 2099, because his Social Security Number belongs to a dead man, and none of his other credentials check out.

Source: Comic Book / Spider-Man 2099
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Check out the Darling parents — their father is a chubby, boorish old guy, and their mom looks pretty, young, and has a nice figure.

Source: Disney / Peter Pan

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