check on something—examine or assess smth. (such as a person’s health, etc.):
- We checked on the possibility of shipping some of our newly acquired paintings back to the States.
check something—
1. examine smth. to learn whether it is correct:
- The child should be taught how to check his spelling against that of the dictionary.
2. = check on something:
- We’ve added a test to check the possibility of hearing damage caused by extended listening at high level.
3. cause an emotion, feeling, etc. to stop:
- The changes that Mark Twain made indicate that he checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational work.