"check up on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: checks up on [present, singular, third-person], checking up on [participle, present], checked up on [participle, past], checked up on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} check up on (third-person singular simple present checks up on, present participle checking up on, simple past and past participle checked up on)
  1. To examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition; to check out. Synonyms: check on Translations (to examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition): 調べる (shiraberu) (alt: しらべる) (Japanese), проверя́ть (proverjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прове́рить (provéritʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оце́нивать (océnivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оцени́ть (ocenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выясня́ть (vyjasnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́яснить (výjasnitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-check_up_on-en-verb-dGcktJ8e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on), English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 61 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 61 39 Disambiguation of 'to examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition': 95 5
  2. To look after or inquire about someone's well-being. Translations (to look after someone): 見舞う (mimau) (note: for someone's health) (alt: みまう) (Japanese), пригля́дывать (prigljádyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пригляде́ть (prigljadétʹ) (alt: за кем-то) [perfective] (Russian), присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), присмотре́ть (prismotrétʹ) (alt: за кем-то) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-check_up_on-en-verb-0aUCPo1r Disambiguation of 'to look after someone': 9 91

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition",
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      "sense": "to examine or inspect something in order to determine its condition",
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      "roman": "mimau",
      "sense": "to look after someone",
      "word": "見舞う"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigljádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to look after someone",
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      "word": "пригля́дывать"
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      "sense": "to look after someone",
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      "word": "пригляде́ть"
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      "roman": "prismátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "to look after someone",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "присма́тривать"
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