: to carefully watch (someone or something) in order to learn what that person or thing is doing We are keeping tabs on their movements.

Are you putting tabs on me?

keep tabs on someone/something

COMMON If you keep tabs on someone or something, you make sure that you know what they are doing or what is happening to them, often in order to control them. We know that somebody was keeping tabs on her. It's their job to keep tabs on the financial situation.

What's another word for keep tabs on?

Alternate Synonyms for "keep tabs on":

watch; observe; follow; watch over; keep an eye on.