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Mysweetvikky Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

meaning of phrase

i am new user, any one please tell me the meaning of " rain check". whrere it is used?
  

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It means that you can't do something, but you want to do it a different time. " It can also be used in a store. If they have a sale, but run out of the item, you can get a "rain check" to pay the sale price when they get a new shipment.

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  • It means that you can't do something, but you want to do it a different time.
  • " It can also be used in a store.
  • If they have a sale, but run out of the item, you can get a "rain check" to pay the sale price when they get a new shipment.
  • Oh, and welcome to the forum!
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It means that you can't do something, but you want to do it a different time.

"I can't make the movie tonight, how about a rain check?"

It can also be used in a store. If they have a sale, but run out of the item, you can get a "rain check" to pay the sale price when they get a new shipment.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!
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Hey,

If you want to know the origin of this one, it was used in a very literal meaning.

Here...

Rain check: ticket for rescheduled event: a ticket or ticket stub entitling somebody to attend an event canceled because of rain at a later rescheduled time.

Here is the idiom in which one can use it in day to day life:

take a rain check (on someth
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