Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A signed check with no amount to be paid filled in.
- n. Total freedom of action; carte blanche.
Wiktionary
- n. US A signed check of the type used to draw money from a bank account containing no information as to the amount to be paid with it.
- n. US A grant of complete authority to spend an unlimited amount of money, or to take other actions without restraint.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a check that has been signed but with the amount payable left blank
- n. freedom to do as you see fit
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘blank check’.
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Take five
Two-word phrases composed of five-letter words. There are a couple with three words (great white shark), but I stuck those on Triads 3.
belly laugh, bench press, bette davis, black angus, blank check, booby hatch, brain coral, bronx cheer, brown dwarf, buddy holly, burnt umber, cabin fever and 195 more...
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POL - presidential debates
Some of the catchwords of several presidential debates (Obama-Romney 2012 Denver debate's transcript fully included)
preexist, crosstalk, figure skate, preexisting, spending cut, preconceive, zinger, excruciate, ask over, miniaturize, food stamp, Medicare and 150 more...
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EN - cool expressions
Trendy, funny or highly descriptive collocations
overstep the mark, open a big can of..., bad hair day, the icing on the ..., low-hanging fruit, ripple effect, big cheese, tackle an issue h..., root-and-branch r..., throw good money ..., open Pandora's box, place on the back... and 147 more...
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phraseologue ⊃ the one-two punch
short (mostly two-word) collocations, pat phrases, idioms &c. that I like
merry chase, glancing blow, beast mode, feedback loop, false flag, dear god, nothing human, deflector shield, hatchet job, not cricket, bang on, a tinker's damn and 313 more...
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