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 pan-and-tilt system covers a full 360 degrees horizontally and 180 degrees vertically, so one unit can keep tabs on an entire room.
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Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Imagine being Kushim and having to keep tabs on all of these goods in your head.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Kelley and her team are in the middle of a maintanence mission, working nearly 24 hours a day for weeks to recover and restore the instruments that keep tabs on the volcano, which scientists believe will erupt in 2025.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The National Hurricane Center on Sunday said a system in the eastern Atlantic could become a tropical depression soon while continuing to keep tabs on one other Atlantic system.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
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Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Imagine being Kushim and having to keep tabs on all of these goods in your head.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Kelley and her team are in the middle of a maintanence mission, working nearly 24 hours a day for weeks to recover and restore the instruments that keep tabs on the volcano, which scientists believe will erupt in 2025.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
The National Hurricane Center on Sunday said a system in the eastern Atlantic could become a tropical depression soon while continuing to keep tabs on one other Atlantic system.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Keep tabs on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20tabs%20on. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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