Question

He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To examinehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/examine, inspecthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inspect, look at closely, oglehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ogle; to investigatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/investigate.

Sentence	He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To examine https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/examine , inspect https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inspect , look at closely, ogle https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ogle ; to investigate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/investigate .

Checked Rumor Managed Verify True Closely