body check
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of body check
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Tye Kartye threw a leveling body check and then got #SEAKraken on board moments later with a pinpoint wrist shot from the left circle at 11:04.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
"If you are really good about getting your mammograms, men getting your prostate checked every year, and getting a body check for moles, you can catch the cancer early," she said.
From Fox News • Feb. 3, 2022
As I did the body check, I knew I was OK.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2018
But Neil McGinn did add a third after Accies' Jesus Garcia Tena was sent off for a body check on McGinn.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2015
His big mistake was in that second body check.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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