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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.

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During 18-months of war, he took to calling them nightly to check on their wellbeing.

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It’s a critical check on presidential power, for an obvious reason: an army turned inward can quickly become an instrument of tyranny.

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Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he would travel to El Salvador on Wednesday in the hope of visiting Mr Ábrego García to "check on his wellbeing" and ask the country's government for his release.

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Canada regularly dispatches maintenance workers to Machias Seal Island to check on an automated lighthouse – evidence, they say, of their control.

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Alberto Carvalho said the federal agents maintained they were there to check on the well-being of undocumented students and that the agents lied when they said the students’ caregivers had authorized the visits.

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