Definitions

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  • noun bridge A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.

Etymologies

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check +‎ back

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Examples

  • For the most part, the checkback is a normal part of the process and not necessarily a sign of trouble.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • All the above conditions and considerations assume that the checkback is a routine one of minor or moderate consequence.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • The checkback is a request for more information about your case.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • That step is known as the "checkback," and it can pose the ultimate hurdle, threat, or opportunity.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • These links are constantly updated, so bookmark them and checkback often.

    Balkinization 2006

  • I checkback every once in a while when I need a fix.

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  • But the checkback is one bureaucratic procedure for which you must, at all costs, follow protocol.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • But avoid the fate of the assistant professor who, away on a trip when a checkback came, failed to retrieve his phone messages for days.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • The rules of the checkback vary: Sometimes the tenure candidate is asked to answer questions directly.

    Chronicle.com - Today's News 2009

  • A checkback was necessary to learn that, in the candidate's discipline, authorship was always assigned alphabetically, no matter what the contribution of effort.

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