keep score
idiom
: to officially record the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team gets in a game or contest
—sometimes used figuratively
If you're keeping score, this is the third time that he has run for mayor and lost.
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Number one: Always keep score and follow both your business and others.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The more both partners embrace generosity, the less need there is to keep score.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Good movements for accessing Driver-Organizer would include activities that keep score and raise the bar, build discipline and quickly put one foot ahead of the other—jog, don’t walk.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Not that this will matter to Nintendo, of course; this is a company that tends to keep score.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The more both partners embrace generosity, the less need there is to keep score.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Good movements for accessing Driver-Organizer would include activities that keep score and raise the bar, build discipline and quickly put one foot ahead of the other—jog, don’t walk.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Not that this will matter to Nintendo, of course; this is a company that tends to keep score.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Keep score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20score. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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