keep a close watch on



keep a close watch on someone or something

to watch someone or something very carefully. Let's keep a close watch on Fred and his friends. I want to keep a close watch on the house across the street.
See also: close, keep, on, watch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nur Ad-Din-Arabic
SeyfettİN-Turkish
Maqsud-Arabic, Urdu
Mathildema-TEELD (French), mah:-TIL-də (Dutch)French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
MarvinMAHR-vin (English), MAHR-veen (German)English, German
Mallory['mæləri]