keep a tab

kept a tab

Definition of keep a tab - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

monitoring

Rare

watch or check something or someone regularly

Rare

She keeps a tab on her children's homework.
He keeps a tab on his bank account daily.
They keep a tab on employee attendance.

keep an eye on

monitor

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Expressions with keep a tab

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keep a tab on

watch and track someone or something carefully to know current details

The manager keeps a tab on each employee's performance.

Expressions with keep

keep going

maintain the pace or speed

He kept going at a steady pace throughout the race..

keep on

continue doing something

She decided to keep on studying despite the noise..

keep up

maintain the same speed or level

He struggled to keep up with the fast runners.

keep around

retain something or someone nearby

I keep a flashlight around in case of power outages.

keep in touch

maintain communication with someone

We promised to keep in touch after graduation.

keep one's place

not lose track of location in reading or process

Use a bookmark to keep your place in the book.

Expressions with tab

pick up the tab

accept responsibility to pay a bill

After dinner, he decided to pick up the tab.

on the company tab

adj.

paid for by a business instead of a person

We had an on the company tab lunch yesterday.

on the tab

adv.

added to the bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on the tab, please.

on your tab

adv.

added to your bill to be paid later

Put the drinks on your tab and pay later.

pick up a tab

pay the bill for a group

After dinner, he offered to pick up a tab for everyone.

run a tab

accumulate charges to be paid later

We can run a tab and settle the bill at the end of the night.

run up a tab

accumulate charges at a bar or restaurant

They decided to run up a tab at the bar.

pull tab

small strip to open packaging

She used the pull tab to open the snack bag.

tab key

key for switching between fields in forms

Use the tab key to move to the next field.

close the tab

settle the bill at a bar or restaurant

He decided to close the tab before leaving the bar.

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French:garder un œil sur, ...
German:im Blick behalten, ...
Italian:tenere d'occhio, ...
Spanish:vigilar, ...
Portuguese:vigiar, ...
Chinese:关注, ...
Japanese:見守る, ...
Arabic:راقَبَ, ...
Hebrew:לַעֲקֹב אַחֲרֵי, ...
Russian:следить за, ...
Ukrainian:стежити, ...
Hindi:नज़र रखना, ...
Bengali:নজর রাখা, ...
Catalan:controlar, ...
Czech:sledovat, ...
Danish:holde øje med, ...
Dutch:in de gaten houden, ...
Greek:παρακολουθώ, ...
Hungarian:szemmel tartani, ...
Khmer:តាមដានជាប្រចាំ, ...
Korean:계속 확인하다, ...
Persian:حواسش بود, ...
Polish:pilnować, ...
Portuguese (BR):monitorar, ...
Romanian:a supraveghea, ...
Swedish:hålla koll på, ...
Thai:เฝ้าดู, ...
Turkish:göz kulak olmak, ...
Vietnamese:theo dõi, ...

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