DOUBLE-CHECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double-check mean? 

• DOUBLE-CHECK (verb)
  The verb DOUBLE-CHECK has 1 sense:

1. check once more to be absolutely sure

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-CHECK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE-CHECK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they double-check    ... he / she / it double-checks   
Past simple: double-checked   
Past participle: double-checked   
-ing form: double-checking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Check once more to be absolutely sure

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "double-check" is one way to...):

ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

double check (something that checks the correctness of a previous check)

 Context examples 

Saturn will win this conversation, so double-check all your assumptions and wait a few days before you want to swing into action

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With Neptune prominent, be sure details of your trip are correct, for Neptune could add a note of confusion—double-check all preparations.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Lastly, confirm your accommodations and double-check all addresses.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Details will count, for a full moon in Virgo—the sign that always checks and double-checks everything—makes it so, and you are up to the task of handing in a polished result.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Also, now that Mercury is retrograde, you may need to double-check facts, for you may find inaccuracies.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mercury will retrograde in your travel sector, so be sure to double-check you have all your belongings before leaving a plane, train, or taxi, and try not to book connecting flights.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are going away, double-check your accommodations because Neptune will be manufacturing his fog, which is pretty but ultimately confusing to you plans.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Double-check your accommodations, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)