check through

verb

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

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Meanings

verbcheck through (third-person singular simple present checks through, present participle checking through, simple past and past participle checked through)

present singular third person checks through · participle present checking through · participle past checked through · past checked through

  1. idiomaticTo permit someone to continue onward, e.g. through a security checkpoint, after verifying their identity, tickets, etc.
  2. idiomaticTo inspect something, often to try to find errors, problems, etc.
  3. intransitiveslangcard gamesTo have every player check, said of a street.

Translations

French laisser passer, inspecter
  • laisser passerto permit someone to continue onward
  • inspecterto inspect something
  • examinerto inspect something
Cite this entry
APA

check through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/check%20through

MLA

“check through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/check%20through. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “check through,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/check%20through.

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