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to check out

to check out

117 2.5
To pay your bill and leave a hotel
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈtʃɛk aʊt/
translation icon : hacer el check-out
  • So we have just checked out of our Airbnb and now we're going to head towards the castle.

It's not like we've been there for a few nights and those smoothbuddies, they checked out.

Examples

  • Please remember to check out of the hotel before noon.

  • Decided to check out early.

    Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

  • We just checked out of the Cheers Hotel.

  • Well, I'm making the bed even though we're checking out of the hotel this morning.

  • We just checked out of our super weird hostel.

  • He checked in at 10:00 a.m. this morning, and he still hasn't checked out.

    Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938)

  • After finishing breakfast, we will check out and head to the airport.

  • He went to the front desk to check out and settle his bill.

Antonyms

to stay
∞ 1.0

To remain in one place and not leave

to check in
136 1.6

To tell hotel or airport staff you have arrived and sign in

Surface Forms

check out infinitive
checked out past
checked out past participle
checking out present participle
checks out third person singular

Morphology

check + out

The computing sense of 'check out' (retrieve or switch code) is a domain-specific extension that is only partly linked to the constituents: it relies on senses of 'check' like 'take/inspect' or 'borrow' and a particle use of 'out' rather than the literal definitions given (pay; outdoors). Because the meaning requires metaphorical or technical transfer and likely prior exposure to version-control usage, a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituent meanings would not fully predict it.

Etymology

Check out at a hotel comes from the front desk checking your room and bill before you go out of the hotel. So it means 'to pay any charges and leave the hotel'.