check with (something)
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To match or agree with something. Run this test again and see if the results check with the ones from yesterday. The suspect's statement does not check with the information witnesses have given us. Really, Bill said he called at 10? That doesn't check with the message my secretary gave me.
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check with someone (about something)
to ask someone about something. You should check with the concierge about the bus to the airport. Please check with your agent.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
check with
v.
1. To consult someone, as before deciding or answering: I'll check with my boss to see if that time is good for a meeting.
2. To correspond with something: The suspect's fingerprints checked with those from the crime scene.
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