Definition of "check up on" [check up on]

• Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "It had seemed the most likely explanation, particularly since she couldn't find any way to check up on her attempts to erase that identity from the Xirrus's computer."
• "I also wanted to check up on the family, so we headed for Henry Ford Hospital."
• "Will you check up on Tommy Jarret for me, Hamish?”"