Usually means: Continuous checking prevents king's escape.
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  1. perpetual check: Merriam-Webster
  2. perpetual check: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perpetual check: Collins English Dictionary
  4. perpetual check: Wiktionary
  5. perpetual check: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. perpetual check: Dictionary.com
  7. Perpetual check: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. perpetual check: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (perpetual check)

noun:  (chess) A draw forced by one player by putting the opponent's king in a potentially infinite series of checks.

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