check up

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check up

verb checks up · checking up · checked up

  1. To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems. I dropped by to check up on my friend.
  2. To verify something's accuracy. He's checking up the figures.
  3. To seem correct or plausible; to comport with known facts; to check out (with other facts). The numbers she provided check up with my own data.

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verb to verify through examination

Españolrevisar
Deutschüberprüfen, nachsehen, nachschauen
Românăverifica, controla

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"check up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/check%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{check_up_2026,
  title = {check up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/check%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}