CHECK UP ON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Example:

Check out the engine

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "check up on" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Verb group:

check; check off; mark; mark off; tick; tick off (put a check mark on or near or next to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "check up on"):

follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't check up on the story