keep a close watch (English, verb)
expansion: keep a close watch (third-person singular simple present keeps a close watch, present participle keeping a close watch, simple past and past participle kept a close watch)
Senses:
glosses: to pay careful attention to a situation or a thing, so that you can deal with any changes or problems.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: keeps a close watch
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: keeping a close watch
tags: participle
present
form: kept a close watch
tags: participle
past
form: kept a close watch
tags: past