checkout counter
Noun
Meaning
a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases
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Examples
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout counter of our dreams, we must not be afraid to hurl the fruit cocktail can of hope.
I used to buy whatever was on sale, now it is always Folger's. Think what would happen at the checkout counter if I bought something else.