keep score

phrase

: 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.

Examples of keep score in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Driving enterprise value is the one metric all founders should keep score on. — Nicholas Pope, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Best of all, no one has to keep score because the system automatically tracks everything for multiple players. — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026

And an ideal addition, Alex Bregman, rejected an offer that fell short in all the ways that free agents keep score. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026

Until the age of 12 in Norway, nobody in youth sports is allowed to keep score, and there are no league standings either. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026

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