keep an eye on

keep an eye on

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keep an eye on (third-person singular simple present keeps an eye on, present participle keeping an eye on, simple past and past participle kept an eye on)

1. (idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.

   I must keep an eye on this sauce in case it curdles.

   • 2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE under fire over "unacceptable" cancellations”, in RAIL, number 970, page 7:

     "[...] We are making sure that a firm eye is kept on this."

Translations

to watch and pay attention to

Chinese: Mandarin: 關照／关照 (zh) (guānzhào) Danish: holde øje med Dutch: in de gaten houden (nl) Finnish: pitää silmällä (fi) French: guetter (fr), épier (fr), avoir à l’œil (fr), ne pas quitter des yeux (fr) Galician: botar un ollo German: im Auge behalten, aufpassen (de) Hindi: नज़र रखना (nazar rakhnā, literally “to keep sight/watch [on]”), ध्यान देना (dhyān denā, literally “to pay attention”) Hungarian: szemmel tart Icelandic: passa upp á, hafa auga á Italian: tenere d'occhio Japanese: 目をつけている (めをつけている, me o tsukete iru) Portuguese: ficar de olho Russian: присма́тривать (ru) impf (prismátrivatʹ), присмотре́ть (ru) pf (prismotrétʹ) (за), пригля́дывать (ru) impf (prigljádyvatʹ), пригляде́ть (ru) pf (prigljadétʹ) (за), держать глаз на (deržatʹ glaz na), глаз не спуска́ть (glaz ne spuskátʹ) (с), следи́ть (ru) (sledítʹ) (за) Serbo-Croatian: држати на оку (držati na oku) Spanish: vigilar (es), estar pendiente Swedish: hålla ett öga på (sv), hålla koll på (sv), se efter

See also

• keep an eye out for
• have an eye to
• with an eye to
• keep a close watch on