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keep tabs on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. keep tabs onverb

    keep a record on or watch attentively

    "The government keeps tabs on the dissidents"

Wiktionary

  1. keep tabs onverb

    to monitor; to keep track of; to watch

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  1. keep tabs on

    "Keep tabs on" is a phrase that means to monitor or carefully observe someone or something regularly, to remain aware of their status or condition, or to keep track of their progress or development.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of keep tabs on in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of keep tabs on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of keep tabs on in a Sentence

  1. Shana Warren:

    The U.S. and UK are well-equipped to keep tabs on employment, but in developing countries you need household surveys to uncover what’s happening at the individual level.

  2. Richard Aboulafia:

    People don't trust their neighbors, resource and territory claims require a keen knowledge of what the other guy is going, and military operations other than war demand strong situational awareness, and of course, societies, militaries, and non-state armed groups are electronically more noisy than ever, meaning countries need ISR to keep tabs on them.

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