Meaning of keep tabs on | Babel Free

Definitions

To monitor; to keep track of; to watch.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“If you are careful to keep⟳ tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay⟳ within a budget.”

“The police kept close⟳ tabs on him during the holidays.”

“He might have⟳ spent the hours camped under the trees of the more remote meadow, whence in the brilliant moonlight he could keep⟳ tabs on the trails.”

“I'll catch⟳ him—I'll trip⟳ him up—I'll keep⟳ tabs on his arguments.”

“Syria's much feared state-security apparatus keeps close⟳ tabs on everyone entering and leaving the embassy.”

“Nadal, absent from the draw⟳ for the first time nearly two decades, said he won’t watch⟳ it all from afar, but he will be keeping tabs.”

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