reality check
a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
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How to use reality check in a sentence
She's absolutely someone I'd marry, and I just needed a big reality check to grow up and take it seriously.
Carolyn Hax: Girlfriend waited, and waited, then walked. How to prove you want to commit? | Carolyn Hax | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostThis year’s American showcase at the Venice architecture biennial offers a reality check to United States’ bombastic self-image.
The US entry in the Venice architecture biennale shuns grandiose buildings and starchitects | Anne Quito | May 26, 2021 | QuartzWe begin with a reality check on American history from senior correspondent Janell Ross, who argues that the country is stuck in a pattern of talking about racial inequality but doing little to solve it.
He did caution, though, that our expectations of what polling can — and can’t — do probably need a reality check.
Why Was The National Polling Environment So Off In 2020? | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | February 23, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightWhether it’s a solution or a reality check, I’m open to any suggestions.
My boss’s writing is full of errors, and I want to help her improve | Karla Miller | February 18, 2021 | Washington Post
reality check: Perfect is never on the menu, especially in Albany.
Hate Hyper-Partisanship? Support Redistricting Reform Now | John Avlon | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKlopfer alleged in an interview with RH reality check that these anti-abortion groups have doctored his forms.
Indiana’s Crazy Administrative Abortion Demands Have Doctors Racking Up the Violations | Emily Shire | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStill, the oppression of Christians abroad could be a much-needed reality check for those complaining about the War on Christmas.
State Department Highlights Actual Oppression Against Christians | Jay Michaelson | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTreality check No. 1: Immigration reform is only dead if the House of Representatives—specifically Speaker Boehner—decides it is.
Progressives who hope, in 2014, to regulate their way out of this problem need a reality check.
The Answer to the McCutcheon Decision Is More Big Money in Politics | Jonathan Rauch | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for reality check
an occasion or opportunity to consider a matter realistically or honestly
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Other Idioms and Phrases with reality check
An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality, as in Time for a reality check—wasn't this supposed to be a money-making enterprise? [Slang; second half of 1900s]
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