check on
phrasal 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.
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Under the Biden administration, the ATF advanced new regulations aimed at cracking down on ghost guns and requiring thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks on buyers at gun shows or other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Parks and recreation directors, the Office of the Child Advocate and others have offered testimony on a controversial bill that would ensure that Connecticut municipal programs for children conduct background checks on employees, among other requirements.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
By establishing a 30,000-bed ICE facility on the Guantanamo Bay naval base, Trump has made an end run around the power Congress specifically gave itself as a check on the executive branch.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Then her oncologists will repeat an MRI to check on the egg-like masses on her liver to measure the treatment's efficacy.
—Staff Author, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Parks and recreation directors, the Office of the Child Advocate and others have offered testimony on a controversial bill that would ensure that Connecticut municipal programs for children conduct background checks on employees, among other requirements.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2025
By establishing a 30,000-bed ICE facility on the Guantanamo Bay naval base, Trump has made an end run around the power Congress specifically gave itself as a check on the executive branch.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Then her oncologists will repeat an MRI to check on the egg-like masses on her liver to measure the treatment's efficacy.
—Staff Author, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Check on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/check%20on. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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