Grammar fix
check up on
monitor or verify
To find out if someone is doing what they should be doing, or to make sure something is true or correct.
phrasal verbB1common
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
My manager likes to check up on us to make sure we're meeting our deadlines.
In my opinion, parents should check up on their children's online activities to keep them safe.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: Let me check up her.
Say: Let me check up on her.
'Check up ON someone'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Verify whether she is fulfilling obligations' is surveillance-formal; 'check up on her' is warm and natural.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
check up on
- on
- her
- the kids
- regularly