check\ on\ someone/thing

check\ on\ someone/thing
• check up on someone/thing
v. To try to find out the truth or rightness of; make sure of; examine; inspect; investigate.

We checked on Dan's age by getting his birth record.

Mrs. Brown said she heard someone downstairs and Mr. Brown went down to check up on it.

You can check on your answers at the back of the book.

The police are checking up on the man to see if he has a police record.

Grandfather went to have the doctor check on his health.

Compare: look into, look over

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  • check someone/thing out — establish the truth or inform oneself about someone or something. → check …   English new terms dictionary

  • pull someone/thing in — 1》 succeed in securing or obtaining something.     ↘informal earn a sum of money. 2》 informal arrest someone. 3》 use reins to check a horse. → pull …   English new terms dictionary

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