keep tab on

[keep tab on] or [keep tabs on] {v. phr.}, {informal}

1. To keep a record of.

* /The government tries to keep tabs on all the animals in the park./

2. To keep a watch on; check.

* /The house mother kept tabs on the girls to be sure they were clean and neat./

Compare: KEEP TRACK OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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