check on

1. Also, check up on; check over. Investigate, scrutinize, or inspect, as in I'll check on the brakes and make sure they're all right, or We need to check up on his work from time to time, or Let's check over the books together. [Late 1800s] Also see check out, def. 6.

Example Sentences

Over the course of six weeks under Dudek, the phone policy zigged and zagged a half dozen times — for example, the SSA adopted, then abandoned, a three-day waiting period to conduct an algorithmic fraud check on all calls — before finally ending up nearly where it began.

From Salon

The aunt of a toddler murdered by his grandparents has said he was failed by social services, who she believes should have done more to check on his welfare.

From BBC

Their trial heard how social workers were not always able to gain entry to the home to check on Ethan.

From BBC

"These police officers went to work… just to check on someone, and now they're not coming home."

From BBC

In 2022, two young officers were shot and killed after travelling to a rural property to check on a person who had been reported missing.

From BBC

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