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KEEP AN EYE ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Follow with the eyes or the mind
Example:
She followed the men with the binoculars
Synonyms:
follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
