check on
phrasal verb
checked on; checking on; checks on
1
: to look at or examine (someone or something) to see if there are any problems
The nurse checked on the patients regularly.
2
: to look for information about (someone or something) : to find out the truth about (someone or something) by getting information
The police are checking on him.
I asked the waiter to check on my order.
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Six-year-old Becky Kunash was sleeping soundly in bed when her dad checked on her one last time on May 10, 1979.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
If those branches willingly cede their responsibility to enforce guardrails on the executive, then the only check on presidential impulses will be whatever restraint the administration’s internal deliberative process provides.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
During the search for Kneeland, police in Plano were asked to do a welfare check on the player, who had sent troubling goodbye text messages to friends, authorities said.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
If and when visual overlays move from novelty to normal, your eyewear may become the quiet bridge between quick context and longer, deeper checks on a phone or laptop.
—William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
If those branches willingly cede their responsibility to enforce guardrails on the executive, then the only check on presidential impulses will be whatever restraint the administration’s internal deliberative process provides.
—Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
During the search for Kneeland, police in Plano were asked to do a welfare check on the player, who had sent troubling goodbye text messages to friends, authorities said.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
If and when visual overlays move from novelty to normal, your eyewear may become the quiet bridge between quick context and longer, deeper checks on a phone or laptop.
—William Jones, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Check on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/check%20on. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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