check out

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === check out (third-person singular simple present checks out, present participle checking out, simple past and past participle checked out) (transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). (intransitive) To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc. 2010, Peterson's, Master the Corrections Officer Exam, Peterson's (→ISBN), page 9: At 9:30 am, 12 inmates were checked out to the dispensary. (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision. (transitive, programming) To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version). (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative. (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive. (intransitive) To leave in a hurry. (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die. 1972, The Mechanic (1972 film), Charles Bronson (as Mr. Bishop), Jan-Michael Vincent (as Steve): Steve: (referring to his girlfriend attempting suicide in front of both of them) Look, I was just an observer. Bishop: You haven't answered my question. Steve: Well, what do you think? Bishop: We'll never know, will we? Steve: Well, say I just sat there—or we just sat there—and watched her check out. Think that would have been crazy? (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order. Synonyms: check, track (darts) To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “most senses”): check in ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “check out” under “check, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.