kept an eye on
Stayed vigilantly aware
To keep an eye on something is to watch it, monitor it, or maintain awareness of it: Can you keep an eye on my bag while I'm gone?
The phrase suggests casual vigilance rather than intense scrutiny—you're paying attention without necessarily staring.
She kept an eye on the stock market during the downturn.
- watchingActively looking at something
- watched overProtected through vigilance
- guardedWary and restrained
- superviseDirect and watch others
- eyeballedEstimated visually
monitor · notice · heed · scrutinize · oversee · shadow · on the lookout · surveilled · taken care of · track · inspect · detect · protect · minded · patrol · defend · followed · hawkeyed
attention and vigilance
kept an eye onignored
Purposely not noticed
overlooked · disregarded · tuned out · lost sight of · blanked
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