Significato: stabs

stæbn. pugnalata, stoccata; coltellata; ferita d'arma da taglio; (fig) fitta, trafittura, stilettata; (fam) tentativo, provav. pugnalare; pungere, trafiggere, bucare; (fig) dare fitte a; rimordere; (Mur) martellinare, scalpellare

tabs Idioma

call tabs

collect money from bar customers If customers are drunk, you call their tabs and ask them to leave.

keep tabs on

watch or check, keep under observation They have been keeping tabs on the spending of the sales department.

keep tabs

Idiom(s): keep tabs (on someone or something) AND keep track (of someone or something)

Theme: MONITORING

to monitor someone or something; to follow the activities of someone or something. (Tabs can be replaced by tab.)
• I'm supposed to keep track of my books.
• Try to keep tabs on everyone who works for you.
• It's hard to keep tabs when you have a lot of other work to do.
• I can't keep track of the money I earn. Maybe someone else is spending it.

keep tabs on someone

to watch someone carefully to check what they are doing: "He's keeping tabs on the sales team at the moment."

keep tab on|keep|keep tabs on|tab|tabs

v. phr., informal 1. To keep a record of. The government tries to keep tabs on all the animals in the park. 2. To keep a watch on; check. The house mother kept tabs on the girls to be sure they were clean and neat.
Compare: KEEP TRACK OF.

More Idioms/Phrases

keep one's shirt on keep one's temper keep one's word keep open house keep out (of) keep pace keep plugging along keep step with keep tab on keep the ball rolling keep the faith keep the home fires burning keep the wolf from the door keep things humming keep time keep track keep under one's hat

English Vocalbulary

staccato staccatos stack stack of arms stack the cards stack up stack up against stackable stacked stacker stackers stacking stacks stackyard stackyards stactometer stactometers Stader