triple check

English

Noun

triple check (plural triple checks)

  1. A third check, a verification made a third time, usually with additional caution or attention.
    Hypernyms: recheck < check
    Coordinate terms: double check; crosscheck
    Did you make a double check and a triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?

Verb

triple check (third-person singular simple present triple checks, present participle triple checking, simple past and past participle triple checked)

  1. (transitive) To check a third time; to check thrice, with extra caution or attention; to reverify or make sure yet again.
    Hypernyms: recheck < check
    Coordinate terms: double check; crosscheck
    Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?
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