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Dark Fury Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Check this action out

In the animated movie Aladdin, Genie turns Abu (a monkey) into an elephant and says:

"Talk about your trunk space. Check this action out."

I know what "to check <something> out" means, but I don't understand what he means by "this action". And Is it somehow connected with the "your trunk space"? Any help is welcome, thank you.

  

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Not having seen the movie, I'm somewhat at a disadvantage, but I believe the following is correct. 'this action' is very casual language for simply 'this'. It's whatever the speaker wants to draw our attention to.

— CalifJim

  • Not having seen the movie, I'm somewhat at a disadvantage, but I believe the following is correct.
  • 'this action' is very casual language for simply 'this'.
  • It's whatever the speaker wants to draw our attention to.
  • Check this out = Take a look at this.
  • CJ
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Not having seen the movie, I'm somewhat at a disadvantage, but I believe the following is correct.

'this action' is very casual language for simply 'this'. It's whatever the speaker wants to draw our attention to.

Check this out = Take a look at this.

CJ

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I'm assuming you understand as the elephant is his mode of transportation, "trunk" space is used as a double entendre.
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