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have/keep your ear to the ground
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(Definition of have/keep your ear to the ground from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Paying attention and being careful
Synonyms and related words:
- attention noun (NOTICE)
- attention span noun
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on your guard idiom
- caution noun (CARE)
- cautious adjective
- centre around/on sth phrasal verb
- concentrate verb (GIVE ATTENTION)
- concentration noun (ATTENTION)
- cue noun (SIGNAL)
- focus (sth) on/upon sb/sth phrasal verb
- focused adjective (GIVING ATTENTION)
- follow/steer/take the middle course/way/path idiom
- get religion idiom
- handle/treat sb with kid gloves idiom
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- not see beyond sth idiom
- play (it) safe idiom
- revolve around/round sb/sth phrasal verb
- safety first idiom
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