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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

keep a tab/tabs on

What's the meaning about "keep a tab/tabs on".
  

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Hi, keep a tab on is incorrect. keep tabs on is an informal idiom meaning 'keep watch on, watch carefully'. eg 'I have to go to the washroom.

— Clive

  • Hi, keep a tab on is incorrect.
  • keep tabs on is an informal idiom meaning 'keep watch on, watch carefully'.
  • eg 'I have to go to the washroom.
  • ' Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

keep a tab on is incorrect.

keep tabs on is an informal idiom meaning 'keep watch on, watch carefully'.

eg 'I have to go to the washroom. Can you keep tabs on my bag if I leave it here, please?'

Best wishes, Clive
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