check and mate

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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)