triple check

noun

A third check, a verification made a third time, usually with additional caution or attention.

“Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?”

Meanings

nountriple check (plural triple checks)

plural triple checks

  1. A third check, a verification made a third time, usually with additional caution or attention.

    Did you make a double check and a triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?

verbtriple check (third-person singular simple present triple checks, present participle triple checking, simple past and past participle triple checked)

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

  1. transitiveTo check a third time; to check thrice, with extra caution or attention; to reverify or make sure yet again.

    Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triple check,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple%20check.

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