Email & Comms Jargon · Intern level

"Just checking in"

"Just checking in" is a polite phrase used at the start of a follow-up message to ask for a status update on something that has not yet received a response.

Say this instead: any update?

How "Just checking in" shows up at work

The professional equivalent of knocking on a door you know has someone behind it. The word "just" does significant work here, softening what is really a request for acknowledgment that the original message was received.

Buzzword

Just checking in on the proposal I sent over last Tuesday, any update?

Plain English

Any update on the proposal I sent over last Tuesday?

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