keep score
idiom
: to officially record the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team gets in a game or contest
—sometimes used figuratively
If you're keeping score, this is the third time that he has run for mayor and lost.
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GameChanger is the closest to giving fans the chance to monitor events live as teams in baseball and softball use iPads to keep score and let fans watch with streaming video.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Visitors are coached individually at the start of each session on how to use the projector target system to keep score and switch between eight different games, including bottle pop, tic tac toe and zombies.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
One of our daughters learned how to keep score at the Coliseum.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
Price at time of publish: $26 Even the best of friends keep score on the course, so a scorecard book is essential for friendly competition.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
Visitors are coached individually at the start of each session on how to use the projector target system to keep score and switch between eight different games, including bottle pop, tic tac toe and zombies.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
One of our daughters learned how to keep score at the Coliseum.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
Price at time of publish: $26 Even the best of friends keep score on the course, so a scorecard book is essential for friendly competition.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Keep score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20score. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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