"keep a weather eye open" meaning in English

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      "form": "keeping a weather eye open",
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    },
    {
      "form": "kept a weather eye open",
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      "form": "kept a weather eye open",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:keep a weather eye open."
        }
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        "to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention."
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          "background",
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          "awareness",
          "awareness"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
        [
          "alert",
          "alert"
        ],
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          "changes",
          "changes"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ear to the ground"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "keep half an eye on something"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's wits about one"
        }
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  "word": "keep a weather eye open"
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    {
      "form": "keeping a weather eye open",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kept a weather eye open",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "ear to the ground"
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:keep a weather eye open."
        }
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        "to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention."
      ],
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          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "background",
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        ],
        [
          "awareness",
          "awareness"
        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain"
        ],
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          "alert",
          "alert"
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          "changes",
          "changes"
        ],
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          "attention"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) to maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention."
      ],
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    {
      "word": "keep half an eye on something"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep one's wits about one"
    }
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  "word": "keep a weather eye open"
}