keep track

idiom

: to be aware of how something is changing, what someone is doing, etc.
There's so much going on that it's hard to keep track.
usually + of
Keep track of your little brother for me, will you?
It's her job to keep track of how the money is spent.
I watch the news to keep track of current events.

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The rest of the league, particularly the top performers, best keep track of Robinson’s availability before someone else comes calling. The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025 Some of her motivation comes from personal experiences as a caregiver and helping family members keep track of their medications – which can get complicated. Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025 But over time, his use of symbols and rhetoric have grown more extreme and more violent — so much so that it’s gotten hard to keep track — and further gotten hard to tell how much of this is irony, how much of it is innocence, and how much of it is a sincere embrace of white supremacist rhetoric. Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025 Javad can’t keep track of Noor for very long, and he’s forced to return to the mission. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for keep track

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“Keep track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20track. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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