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check through

idiom
Meaning

To permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.


Examples
SIMPLE

The guard will check through your bags before you enter.

CONTEXTUAL

The security officer checked through our passports and allowed us to board the plane.

COMPLEX

After the official checked through the credentials of every guest, the doors to the private event finally opened.

Anchors to
Related idioms7entries
  1. 01

    check and balance

    Provide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.

  2. 02

    check is in the mail

    A common excuse used by debtors to put off creditors.

  3. 03

    check the math

    To verify the source or accuracy of something.

  4. 04

    gut check

    An honest, reflective appraisal of one's true feelings concerning a matter of concern.

  5. 05

    reality check

    A wake-up call; a reminder.

  6. 06

    spot check

    A cursory inspection or examination, especially of a sample of something.

  7. 07

    take check

    To take offence.

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