check and mate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Particularly: “related to French échec et mat, Russian шах и мат (šax i mat)?”

Interjection[edit]

check and mate

  1. Synonym of checkmate (“chess: word called by the victor”)
  2. Synonym of checkmate (“by extension: said when one has checkmated someone”)
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