check and mate

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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

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