KEEP AN EYE ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does keep an eye on mean? 

• KEEP AN EYE ON (verb)
  The verb KEEP AN EYE ON has 1 sense:

1. follow with the eyes or the mind

  Familiarity information: KEEP AN EYE ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEEP AN EYE ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Follow with the eyes or the mind

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over

Context example:

She followed the men with the binoculars

Hypernyms (to "keep an eye on" is one way to...):

check; check into; check out; check over; check up on; go over; look into; suss out (examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition)

Verb group:

follow; trace (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "keep an eye on"):

keep tabs on (keep a record on or watch attentively)

guard (to keep watch over)

invigilate; proctor (watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The children keep an eye on the ball

 Context examples 

Keep an eye on a friend that owes you money, for it looks like the payment won’t arrive.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Well, he is sure to keep an eye on the papers, since, to a poor man, the loss was a heavy one.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The team is continuing to keep an eye on the star with Spitzer.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)

You see, Master Copperfield, said he, as he forced himself upon my company for a turn in the Doctor's garden, where a person loves, a person is a little jealous—leastways, anxious to keep an eye on the beloved one.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You will need to keep an eye on all your financial matters and be a part of every decision that is made.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In March, focus on work that needs to be done, and keep an eye on budgets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you have a natal planet at 20 degrees of Leo, Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra, or Aquarius, plus or minus five degrees, you will feel the effects of this full moon very powerfully and benefit from it—but keep an eye on your finances.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)