check on someone/thing

check on someone/thing
or[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.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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

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