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[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.
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