hand in one's checks

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die. US,colloquial
    — When my ole woman was sick last winter and mighty near handing in her checks, I had no money to pay anybody to take care of her.
  2. To give up; to concede defeat. US,colloquial
    — 'I give up,' he cried; 'I hand in my checks. I never thought I should come to such things; but what happens when the things come to you? […]'
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hand in, one's, checks.
    — As between the plaintiffs and the Harrisons the transaction was precisely the same as if the plaintiffs, standing at the counter of Harrisons' Bank, handed in their checks, took the money over the counter, and then handed it right back again to pay for the drafts.

词形变化

hands in one's checks present,singular,third-person handing in one's checks participle,present handed in one's checks participle,past handed in one's checks past
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