check on

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   to make sure that there is nothing wrong with sb / sth

In the movies · 29

• I won't be back to check on you for a while.The Notebook2004
• I got a call to check on this house.Silver Linings Playbook2012
• I check on her every day.Something the Lord Made2004
• Check on May.The Secret Life of Bees2008
• I'm gonna go check on them.Scream1996
• I just wanted to check on you.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• I'll check on Rex in the lookout post.Star Wars: The Clone Wars2008
• I think I'll go check on him.Big Fish2003

Learn it in full scenes

• Silver Linings Playbook2012
  • Pat Rides Home From the Hospital
  • Pat's Silver Lining Speech
  • Pat Tells Dr. Patel the Truth

From the same entry

• check in
• check in
• check into
• check off
• check out
• check out
• check out
• check out
• check over
• check up on
• check up on
• hold in check

More phrasal verbs

• relate to
• turn to
• bear with
• get to
• sort out
• come along
• open up
• refer to
• go off
• come through
• drop out
• stand by