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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
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When can we use "check someone or something up and down"?

When can we use "check someone or something up and down"?


I would use it like in these examples only when we're checking from the bottom to the top.


1. An inspector at the airport is checking people up and down to find out terrorists that are reported to have sneaked into the airport.


2. I've already checked the road up and down, but I couldn't find out my smart phone.


3. I've checked your laptop up and down, but I couldn't see any problems in it.


So, I think only 1 and 2 are correct, except 3.

  

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The phrase "check something up and down" is figurative and means to check something thoroughly, not necessarily from its bottom to its top. ". ".

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The phrase "check something up and down" is figurative and means to check something thoroughly, not necessarily from its bottom to its top. 1, 2, and 3 are okay - 1 means "...checking people thoroughly...". 2 means "...checked the road thoroughly...". 3 means "...checked your laptop thoroughly...".

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These are natural English. You are not using "find out" correctly.

1. An inspector at the airport is checking people from head to toe up and down to find the out terrorists that are reported to have sneaked into the airport.

2. I've already checked

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