Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Urge
Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Usage example: the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets
How words are described
| high | high check | high urge |
| long | long check | long urge |
| real | real check | real urge |
| constant | constant check | constant urge |
| Other adjectives: big, incredible, last. | ||
Common collocations
| time | check time | urge time |
Both words in one sentence
- They come to the conclusion that all the men they've ever known had almost superhuman levels of self-control for keeping that urge in check.
Source: I'm a Man, I Can't Help It -
The adverts all take a similar format, Aleksandr Orlov the Meerkat will remind viewers that his website is for comparing meerkats, and not for comparing markets and urge viewers to check they have the correct URL.
- Each and every chapter has a little something to give you the urge to check your back
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Web Comics
Cite this Source
Urge and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2025, February 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/urge
Check & Urge. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Feb. 2025. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/urge>.
Urge or Check. 2016. Accessed February 08, 2025. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/urge.
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