- check up on someone
- check up on (someone)
to try to discover what someone is doing, esp. secretly.
I think he stops by my office to check up on me, to make sure I'm actually working.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
check up on someone
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check in with someone — check in (with (someone)) to communicate with someone, esp. regularly. When traveling, I am supposed to check in with my boss at least once a day … New idioms dictionary
check\ on\ someone/thing — • 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 … Словарь американских идиом
check in with — check in (with (someone)) to communicate with someone, esp. regularly. When traveling, I am supposed to check in with my boss at least once a day … New idioms dictionary
check in — (with (someone)) to communicate with someone, esp. regularly. When traveling, I am supposed to check in with my boss at least once a day … New idioms dictionary
check up on — (someone) to try to discover what someone is doing, esp. secretly. I think he stops by my office to check up on me, to make sure I m actually working … New idioms dictionary
check out — {v.} 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. * /The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning./ Contrast: CHECK IN. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday./ Compare: CHECK … Dictionary of American idioms
check out — {v.} 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. * /The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning./ Contrast: CHECK IN. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday./ Compare: CHECK … Dictionary of American idioms
check — check1 [ tʃek ] verb *** ▸ 1 examine someone/something ▸ 2 look/ask again ▸ 3 stop action/event ▸ 4 mark to show agreement ▸ 5 give someone bags/suitcases ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) check or check over transitive to examine something in order to find out… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
check — I UK [tʃek] / US verb Word forms check : present tense I/you/we/they check he/she/it checks present participle checking past tense checked past participle checked *** 1) check or check over [transitive] to examine something in order to find out… … English dictionary
check over — verb examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition check the brakes Check out the engine • Syn: ↑check, ↑check up on, ↑look into, ↑check out, ↑suss out, ↑go over, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
