keep track

idiom

: to be aware of how something is changing, what someone is doing, etc.
There's so much going on that it's hard to keep track.
usually + of
Keep track of your little brother for me, will you?
It's her job to keep track of how the money is spent.
I watch the news to keep track of current events.

Examples of keep track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Use one credit card, not cash, to keep track of all your receipts. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024 Just as the software of your laptop runs without having to keep track of all the microscale information about the electrons in the computer circuitry, so emergent phenomena are governed by macroscale rules that seem self-contained, without heed to what the component parts are doing. Quanta Magazine, 10 June 2024 One, Life360, is used by parents to keep track of their children. Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 9 June 2024 Nor was it allowed to keep track of officers who’d been fired for excessive use of force, falsifying records or other forms of malfeasance, allowing bad cops and deputies to bounce from one city to the next. Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for keep track 

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“Keep track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20track. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.

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