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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nur Ad-Din	-	Arabic
SeyfettİN	-	Turkish
Maqsud	-	Arabic, Urdu
Mathilde	ma-TEELD (French), mah:-TIL-də (Dutch)	French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Marvin	MAHR-vin (English), MAHR-veen (German)	English, German
Mallory	['mæləri]