check up on

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

check up on - examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" check, check into, check out, check over, suss out, look into, go over analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" check off, tick off, mark off, tick, check, mark - put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units" keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

Translations

? check up on

vi +prep obj → überprüfen; person also → Nachforschungen anstellen über (+acc); (= keep a check on) sb → kontrollieren