check up
Example Sentences
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“Of course you’re here for the missing page! That’s what everyone comes here to find, isn’t it? No one comes to visit me, or check up on my progress, or asks me to read a couple of pages. No. It’s just me and my birds.”
From Literature
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The following morning, I went to check up on her before going to school.
From Literature
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“And I haven’t reached out like I should. Check up on you and Tūtū.”
From Literature
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My mother’s friend Miss Philips worked for the welfare department, and one of her jobs was to check up on the Herdmans, so Mother told her about the snakebite in case Leroy should get some kind of shot for it.
From Literature
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But how many of the inaccuracies would people spot during a quick scroll and who is emailing to check up on council services?
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.