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check upstairs

check upstairs verb: to invoke the Decision Review System.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To invoke the Decision Review System.

Forms of check upstairs

third-person singular presentchecks upstairs
present participlechecking upstairs
past participlechecked upstairs
pastchecked upstairs

Origin of check upstairs

The third umpire is typically seated high in the stadium, with replays displayed on elevated screens.

Questions about check upstairs

What does check upstairs mean?
Check upstairs means to invoke the Decision Review System.
What part of speech is check upstairs?
Check upstairs is a verb.
What is the past tense of check upstairs?
The past tense of check upstairs is checked upstairs.

Words near check upstairs in the dictionary

  1. check swings
  2. check the math
  3. check through
  4. check up
  5. check up on
  6. check upstairs
  7. check valve
  8. check valves
  9. check viewer
  10. check viewers
  11. check washing

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