keep tabs on
idiom
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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The plan was to remove as much as possible from a sensitive area, then cut off blood flow to what remained and keep tabs on whether things changed over time.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
With that said, here are some hot-button players to keep tabs on this offseason.
—Brandon Funston, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Abbott will never be the kind of show where the main cast routinely has to fend off mean-spirited romantic sabotage or keep tabs on a man who gives off serious Andrew Tate vibes.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 25 Jan. 2025
The plan was to remove as much as possible from a sensitive area, then cut off blood flow to what remained and keep tabs on whether things changed over time.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
With that said, here are some hot-button players to keep tabs on this offseason.
—Brandon Funston, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Abbott will never be the kind of show where the main cast routinely has to fend off mean-spirited romantic sabotage or keep tabs on a man who gives off serious Andrew Tate vibes.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Keep tabs on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20tabs%20on. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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