"keep one's eyes on the ball" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps one's eyes on the ball [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's eyes on the ball [participle, present], kept one's eyes on the ball [participle, past], kept one's eyes on the ball [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} keep one's eyes on the ball (third-person singular simple present keeps one's eyes on the ball, present participle keeping one's eyes on the ball, simple past and past participle kept one's eyes on the ball)
  1. Alternative form of keep one's eye on the ball. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: keep one's eye on the ball
    Sense id: en-keep_one's_eyes_on_the_ball-en-verb-Nq0NXdTx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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