keep a weather eye open

verb

to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention.

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keep half an eye on somethingkeep one's wits about one
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Meanings

verbkeep a weather eye open (third-person singular simple present keeps a weather eye open, present participle keeping a weather eye open, simple past and past participle kept a weather eye open)

present singular third person keeps a weather eye open · participle present keeping a weather eye open · participle past kept a weather eye open · past kept a weather eye open

  1. idiomaticintransitiveto maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:keep a weather eye open.

    Synonyms: keep half an eye on something, keep one's wits about one

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention.

Similar
keep half an eye on somethingkeep one's wits about one
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Chicago

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