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.

Examples of keep track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Public policy makers who funded mental institutions wanted to keep track of the number of people with particular disorders, but in an era of deinstitutionalization, numbers aren’t as important. —Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026

By the time Coakley’s story similarly becomes about time, the film has no emotional fuel left in the tank, and no way to keep track of how time actually affects its characters in the present or future stories, reducing their experiences to mere montage. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026

While not every storm results in a statistical boom, the effect is real enough that some hospital units unofficially keep track. —CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026

One of the biggest tasks each day is to keep track of who goes into the field office — and who does not come back out. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for keep track

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback