Meaning of check off in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• (often used without "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory); to tick off (UK), tick (UK), cross off, strike off.

  Example: Check off the correct answer to each question.

• To carry out a decision recorded through the process of checking off an item on a list, including dealing with it, removing it from the possible choices, or removing the not checked items from further consideration.

• To deduct union members' dues from their wages.