checking up
Making sure about
Checking up is investigating or verifying something, often to confirm that things are as they should be.
You might check up on an elderly neighbor to make sure they're okay, or check up on an employee's claims before a promotion.
The phrase can carry a hint of suspicion or monitoring: Are you checking up on me?
- enquiringSeeking information actively
- auditFormal accounts examination
- watchingActively looking at something
- popping inBrief casual visit
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
keeping tabs · examination · researching · confirming · making sure · following up · supervising · investigation · probing · validating · supporting · diagnosing · exploring · caregiving · reviewing · interrogating · assessing · tracking
- overparentinghelicopter parenting, helicopter parent, overprotective, overprotection, overprotecting
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
checking upignoring
Deliberately not noticing
neglecting · overlooking · disregarding · turning a blind eye · abandoning
checking uptrusting
Inclined to believe others
taking at face value · having faith · believing · confiding in
checking upleaving be
Refraining from intervention
giving space · backing off · letting go · stepping back · hands off
check, checking, checks, checked, checker, checkers, checkup, recheck, rechecking