(carpentry, literally) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.

simple past tense and past participle of hunt and peck

(computing) With which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device. / (photography, of a camera) Point-and-shoot.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duck and cover

present participle of duck and cover

(transitive, idiomatic) To spend extended periods of time with; to test. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To endure.

(idiomatic) An admirable, intelligent person (usually a man).

(US, UK, idiomatic) imprisoned with little or no chance of escape; locked up. / (US, UK, idiomatic) safely guarded; locked away.

The science and regulation of standards for the quantification of size, weight, temperature, etc.

(idiomatic) To settle one's differences and forgive.