Definition of Check up on

1. Verb. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. "They won't check up on the story "; "Check out the engine"

Exact synonyms: Check, Check Into, Check Out, Check Over, Go Over, Look Into, Suss Out
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Canvas, Canvass, Examine, Study
Related verbs: Check, Check Off, Mark, Mark Off, Tick, Tick Off
Specialized synonyms: Follow, Keep An Eye On, Observe, Watch, Watch Over
Derivative terms: Check, Check, Checker, Checkout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Check Up On

check ligaments of odontoid
check mark
check marks
check off
check out
check over
check overdraft credit
check rail
check rails
check register
check scale
check side
check sides
check stub
check up
check up on (current term)
check weigher
checkability
checkable
checkage
checkages
checkback
checkbite
checkbook
checkbook journalism
checkbooks
checkbox
checkboxes
checked
checked build

Literary usage of Check up on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Check up followed by a clause appears to be British; check up on is predominantly American: Check up that the child has the means of obtaining any materials ..."

2. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"... such as: "I will not ask jealous questions of my partner when she gets home late," or "I will not call to check up on my partner while she is at work. ..."

3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1918)
"The final interview is usually a part of the specific and pointed check-up on all of the data of each case, according to the recommendations made in ..."

4. Shipping Board Operations by United States Congress. House. Select committee on U. S. Shipping board operations (1920)
"Is there no check up on the pay rolls that would catch that? Mr. CASH. Certainly. He is on the job there and is supposed to check the pay rolls and OK them, ..."

5. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1917)
"... can check up on him. He might announce a result, and afterwards we might find it wrong. These tilings are possible in all elections, ..."

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