let me check on that

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Reading a transcript of an official briefing I came across:

Yeah. It’s a good question, Lucas, and let me check on that.

How do I understand this?

Let me stop our conversation at this point
or
Let me further investigate the issue
 

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I assume he/she was suggesting that after the meeting he/she would check something in response to Lucas' question. Without knowing the context of the meeting or the preceding sentence, it is impossible to say.
 

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He doesn't have the answer right now to the question, but is promising to investigate and answer at a later time.
 

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Let me stop our conversation at this point

If the person wanted to stop, they'd probably say something like Hang on a minute. The wider context might indicate this, but just on the transcription, I would say guess that the person is going to check after the conversation.
 
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If the person wanted to stop, they'd probably say something like Hang on a minute. The wider context might indicate this, but just on the transcription, I would say guess that the person is going to check after the conversation.

The person who held that briefing usually says "Period" to abrupt the questioner but I somehow thought the first choice (out of two presented in my first post) was plausible. Now I see it was far fetched not to say plain wrong.

Thanks to all who responded to my question.
 

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Correct. The right meaning is "Let me further investigate the issue."

Note that abrupt is an adjective, not a verb. Maybe you mean interrupt.
 
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