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Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
Mr Aquino said that the attack caused considerable confusion and chaos in the city's tight-knit Filipino community, with many residents calling one another to check on their loved ones.
During 18-months of war, he took to calling them nightly to check on their wellbeing.
It鈥檚 a critical check on presidential power, for an obvious reason: an army turned inward can quickly become an instrument of tyranny.
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he would travel to El Salvador on Wednesday in the hope of visiting Mr 脕brego Garc铆a to "check on his wellbeing" and ask the country's government for his release.
Canada regularly dispatches maintenance workers to Machias Seal Island to check on an automated lighthouse 鈥 evidence, they say, of their control.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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