What’s the meaning of “just checking in”?

Just checking in is an expression used to start an email. It is intended to be a friendly way to prompt someone to respond or perform a given action.

However, because it is so commonly used to remind someone of something they need to do, it can come across as passive-aggressive. To avoid this, it can be replaced with other expressions, such as “I’d love to get an update on …”

In more personal contexts, “just checking in” is often used when asking about someone’s well-being (e.g., “I just wanted to check in on you”). Here, it doesn’t have a passive-aggressive connotation.

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