Meanings of keeping a check in English

Paddy Wallace is just feeling sick so we're just keeping a check on that.

If someone was keeping a check on Falk's flat, he would also be interested in his office.

Sharing and keeping a check on the many facets of specialist expertise our society relies upon is hard graft.

The traditional American press thinks of itself as the Fourth Estate, keeping a check on the three branches of government.

Dr Angie Brown, medical director of the Irish Heart Foundation, says keeping a check on blood pressure is vitally important.

When I commenced on my own account, I adopted the system of keeping a check, the same as a bank chequebook.

It was apparently the force on which the Government relied for keeping a check on local unrest, and was disbanded in 1797.

He wondered if the Don was keeping a check on him also in some way and then was ashamed of his suspicion.

Overall this week, conditions are far more favourable to keeping a check on the bushfire crisis although the cold front could whip up some blazes.

It was easier to count them, thereby keeping a check on their number, which might be exaggerated if they were in large groups in barracks.

Keeping an eye on me, keeping a check on me.