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check yo self

To reevaluate your actions after realizing that your current course of action is likely to lead you into a troublesome situation. From Ice Cube's song "Check Yo Self."
See also: check yo self before you wreck yo self
Phineas: "The derivative of the hyperbolic arctangent of x is one over the quantity one minus x squared. Booyah, who's the man!"
Isaac: "Whatever. Your math skills are mediocre at best. I bet you couldn't even prove the Pythagorean theorem with a compass and a straightedge."
Phineas: "I believe those are fighting words. Let's take this outside. I'm going to slap you silly with my pocket protector!"
Isaac: "I suggest you check yo self before you wreck yo self. I've got three of my chess club buddies backing me up and one of them takes taekwondo!"
by Nicholas D February 18, 2009
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Check to Check

The state of being employed, and having just enough money to last you until your next paycheck.
Person1: Man, you should buy the new Iphone.

Person 2: What makes you think I can afford that shit? Bitch, I live check to check.

"I live by the beat like you live check to check" Outkast.
by Time World July 29, 2010
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check your vitals

To check your email, myspace, facebook, blog, and/or any daily essential websites.
Check your vitals.

Get off the computer, whore. I need to check my vitals.

Hey, wanna go get something to eat?
Sure, but lemme finish checkin' my vitals first.
by malmix April 27, 2007
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check that box

Implying that there is a list of boxes that can be checked in life, indicating the various experiences one has had, and checking off one of them. Almost exclusively in reference to sexual experiences. One's sexual resume. Various skin colors, sexual orientations, and physical features are all examples of boxes that can be checked off one's list.
I don't know if I'd do her (the shaved bald, heavily pierced, 200 lb woman across the way), but if you want to check that box, go right ahead.

Man, I'd really like to check that box (referring to the slim Asian hottie friend-of-a-friend).
by bodhilicious January 9, 2009
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dude check

1. its a double take on a manly lookin woman. or a womanly lookin man. In order to determan said persons actual sex.

2. When there is 4 or more males occupying a small squeare footage of space.

3. When a man looks another man up and down.
Matt said to lenny "yo theres mad dude checks at this all female softball game"
by capt awesome February 20, 2014
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nose check

When someone calls out someone for being a Jew, stereotypically greedy and unethical.
That airline charged me $70 for 1 Lb over the limit. The CEO needs a Nose Check!
by Vaccuumrolls March 22, 2020
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ego check

verb; to take down a notch ; to humble ; alternatively, to kick or otherwise harm the testicles.
Man, Kanye thinks he's all that, but he just needs somebody to ego check him.
by A-yo June 23, 2008
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