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Definition of Keep an eye on
1. Verb. Follow with the eyes or the mind. "The children keep an eye on the ball"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
Generic synonyms: Check, Check Into, Check Out, Check Over, Check Up On, Go Over, Look Into, Suss Out
Related verbs: Follow, Trace
Specialized synonyms: Keep Tabs On, Guard, Invigilate, Proctor
Derivative terms: Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer, Watch
Definition of Keep an eye on
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep An Eye On
Literary usage of Keep an eye on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pastor Agnorum: A Schoolmaster's Afterthoughts by John Huntley Skrine (1902)
"Our predecessor's plan was to keep an eye on a boy, and, if there was anything
about him that ... keep an eye on the boy. " Ah ! but," some one explains, ..."
2. Note-book of an Adopted Mother: Experience in the Home Training of a Boy by Eleanor Davids (1903)
"Clearly I must keep an eye on Nettie. August 2oth, 1902.—Concerning prayers.
This being a Christian household of the old-fashioned and good-fashioned kind, ..."
3. Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolò Machiavelli (1883)
"That a Republic must keep an eye on what its Citizens are about; since often the
seeds of a Tyranny lie hidden under a semblance of generous deeds. ..."
4. White Conquest by William Hepworth Dixon (1876)
"'You keep an eye on him afterwards, much as you keep an eye on your bond-servant ?
... We keep an eye on every one. Who else would care about his bones ? ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1883)
"Just keep an eye on my horse, will you ?" Now, Page had not the least right to
draw forage there, for that was not our division ..."
6. Antigonos Gonatas by William Woodthorpe Tarn (1913)
"... as Beloch says, ' zum Schutz gegen Feinde besetzt halten' (I only know one
possible instance, 4, 73, 1), but means simply ' to keep an eye on '. ..."
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