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CHECK UP ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
Example:
Check out the engine
Synonyms:
check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out
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
