keep tabs on

keep tabs on
verb
keep a record on or watch attentively
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The government keeps tabs on the dissidents

• Hypernyms: ↑watch, ↑observe, ↑follow, ↑watch over, ↑keep an eye on
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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keep tabs on
To keep a check on, to keep account of
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Main Entry: ↑keep
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keep tabs on see under ↑keep
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Main Entry: ↑tab

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keep tabs (or a tab) on
informal monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation

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keep tabs on — see ↑tab, 1
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Main Entry: ↑keep
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keep tabs on
informal : to carefully watch (someone or something) in order to learn what that person or thing is doing

We are keeping tabs on their movements.

The magazine keeps tabs on the latest fashion trends.

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Main Entry: ↑tab

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • keep\ tabs\ on — • keep tab on • keep tabs on v. phr. informal 1. To keep a record of. The government tries to keep tabs on all the animals in the park. 2. To keep a watch on; check. The house mother kept tabs on the girls to be sure they were clean and neat.… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • keep tabs on — (someone/something) to watch a person or a situation carefully. Websites use software that keeps tabs on who visits the site. Once you buy a stock, you need to keep tabs on it …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep tabs on — (something/someone) to watch a person or a situation carefully so that you always know what they are doing or what is happening. I like to keep tabs on my bank balance so that I don t get overdrawn. I get the feeling he s keeping tabs on me and… …   New idioms dictionary

  • Keep tabs on — keep account of or a check on: keep tabs on your expenses …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • keep tabs on — ► keep tabs on informal monitor the activities of. Main Entry: ↑tab …   English terms dictionary

  • keep tabs on — verb to monitor; to keep track of; to watch If you are careful to keep tabs on your finances, you should be able to stay within a budget …   Wiktionary

  • keep tabs on — Australian Slang keep account of or a check on: keep tabs on your expenses …   English dialects glossary

  • keep tabs on someone — keep tabs on (someone/something) to watch a person or a situation carefully. Websites use software that keeps tabs on who visits the site. Once you buy a stock, you need to keep tabs on it …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep tabs on something — keep tabs on (someone/something) to watch a person or a situation carefully. Websites use software that keeps tabs on who visits the site. Once you buy a stock, you need to keep tabs on it …   New idioms dictionary

  • keep tabs on something — keep tabs on (something/someone) to watch a person or a situation carefully so that you always know what they are doing or what is happening. I like to keep tabs on my bank balance so that I don t get overdrawn. I get the feeling he s keeping… …   New idioms dictionary

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