check on

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.

Examples of check on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The trend took off in 2020 when a subset of bored young people, shut in by the pandemic, decided to blow their stimmy checks on something besides weed and DoorDash, and dove into stock-buying instead. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

How Mailed Jewelry Is Documented Sending jewelry away leaves an owner unable to check on the pieces in person. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Muller often used a gyrocopter, which is something like a helicopter but has different physics, to survey the reserve from the air, looking for signs of intrusion and checking on rhinos across the property. — Rhett Ayers Butler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Belizaire, who was charged with four counts of child neglect, declined to speak with police, but Belizaire's brother told investigators that his sister texted him on Saturday telling him to check on her kids, the document said. — Clara McMichael, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for check on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon