check off

Example Sentences

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I still make lists and check off the completed items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Perhaps the real disappointing aspect of the bucket list is that most of us will probably never check off all or even some of the items on it.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

“It’s pretty special, looking back at that sheet I was able to check off a lot of goals,” Clark told the AP on Sunday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

He started to check off the milestones in his head.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

I took their check off them, but they wouldn't let me pay it.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger