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check and mate
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Particularly: “related to
French
échec et mat
,
Russian
шах и мат
(
šax i mat
)
?”
Interjection
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check
and
mate
Synonym of
checkmate
(
“
chess: word called by the victor
”
)
Synonym of
checkmate
(
“
by extension: said when one has checkmated someone
”
)
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