English-German translations for check up

• überprüfen
  Das ist Ihr gutes Recht. Aber es ist unsere Pflicht, die Exekutive zu überprüfen. You are quite entitled to do that, but we are obliged to check up on what the executive does.
• nachschauen
• nachsehen

Definition of check up

• To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems
• To verify something's accuracy
• To seem correct or plausible; to comport with known facts; to check out (with other facts

Examples

• I dropped by to check up on my friend.
• Hes checking up the figures
• The numbers she provided check up with my own data.

Related words

• check up on
• checkup
• check-up
• dental check-up
• medical checkup
• preventive checkup