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tab 1 T0001100 (tăb)n.1. A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification.2. A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment.3. A small auxiliary airfoil that is attached to a larger one and that helps stabilize an aircraft.4. A pull-tab.tr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs To supply with a tab or tabs. [Origin unknown.]
tab 2 T0001100 (tăb)n.1. Informal a. A bill or check, such as one for a meal in a restaurant.b. Cost; price: The tab for upgrading the computers would be high.2. A tabulator on a typewriter.3. Computers a. A key on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, inserts a special ASCII character used for formatting text, as in indenting a line or block of text.b. This special ASCII character.intr.v. tabbed, tab·bing, tabs To press the tab on a typewriter or computer keyboard: Tab over to the next column.Idiom: keep tabs on Informal To observe carefully over time: Let's keep tabs on expenditures. [Short for tablet or tabulation. Sense 2, short for tabulator.]
tab 3 T0001100 (tăb) Informal n. A tabloid.ThesaurusVerb | 1. | keep tabs on - keep a record on or watch attentively; "The government keeps tabs on the dissidents"keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" |
keep tabs on
keep tabs on (someone or something)To routinely monitor or observe someone or something; to keep track of someone or something. It was revealed that the FBI kept tabs on him for years just because he once attended a meeting of a radical group. Keep tabs on the amount of feedback we get so that we know how many people this issue affects.See also: keep, on, tabkeep tabs onObserve carefully, keep a record of. For example, I hate having my boss keep tabs on my every move, or We've got to keep tabs on outgoing mail so we can keep track of postage. This expression uses to tab in the sense of "an account." [Late 1800s] Also see keep track. See also: keep, on, tabkeep tabs (or a tab) on monitor the activities or development of; keep under close observation. informal 1978 Mario Puzo Fools Die Jordan knew that Merlyn the Kid kept tabs on everything he did. See also: keep, on, tabkeep (close) ˈtabs on somebody/something (informal) watch somebody/something very carefully; keep informed about somebody/something: I’m not sure about Johnson — we’d better keep tabs on him until we know we can trust him. ♢ I’m keeping tabs on the number of private phone calls you all make from the office.See also: keep, on, somebody, something, tab keep tabs on Informal To observe carefully over time: Let's keep tabs on expenditures.See also: keep, on, tabEncyclopediaSeetabFinancialSeeTABkeep tabs on Related to keep tabs on: knuckle under, ring hollow, run ragged, rough itWords related to keep tabs onverb keep a record on or watch attentivelyRelated Words- keep an eye on
- watch over
- watch
- observe
- follow
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