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keep track

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Definition of keep track

: 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.

Word by Word Definitions

keep play

  1. : to retain in one's possession or power

  2. : to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

  3. : to have in control

  1. : the means or provisions by which one is kept

  2. : one that keeps or protects: such as

  3. : fortress, castle

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track play

  1. : a footprint whether recent or fossil

  2. : detectable evidence (such as the wake of a ship, a line of footprints, or a wheel rut) that something has passed

  3. : a path made by or as if by repeated footfalls : trail

  1. : to follow the tracks or traces of : trail

  2. : to search for by following evidence until found

  3. : to follow by vestiges : trace

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