to get in touch
155
2.3
- phrasal verb
:
ponerse en contacto (con)
- Please get in touch if you have any updates on the project.
- get in touch with people
I hope some of these people get in touch with me through you.
- I hope some of these people get in touch with me through you.
- If people want to get in touch with you, where can they go?
- He doesn't, you know, if we could get in touch with him, maybe he'll, he'll come by.
- But we were connected through Agnes, and we got in touch with their communications office.
- How did you end up getting in touch with Robert De Niro?
- It is now easier than ever to get in touch with myself and my team.
- So I caught, I got in touch with his dad.
- Athena, the goddess of wisdom, got in touch with me.
- And tweets and DMS and people getting in touch.
- All because my buddy Trion said you you ought to get in touch with this guy, Danny.
- So bottom line, laptop makers, if you haven't done it yet, get in touch with these guys.
- So Matthew, if you're watching from Bridgewater, hi, get in touch.
- And it's important that you get in touch with her.
- Instagram, big dot ESA, you can get in touch.
Examples
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Since leaving him, I have often tried to get in touch with him again.
Academic text (1994) -
I must be able to get in touch with you.
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I hope some of these people get in touch with me through you.
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If people want to get in touch with you, where can they go?
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But why would we get in touch with them?
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Did your friends get in touch?
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How soon can we get in touch with them?
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If you need anything, you know how to get in touch with me.
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Unfortunately, I was unable to get in touch with any of them.
Academic text (2015) -
We need to get in touch with someone ASAP to fix this mess.
Synonyms
∞
1.3
Make contact with someone by phone or email
572
1.8
Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening
338
2.7
To contact someone to offer help or support
202
2.7
To contact someone briefly to see how they are
166
2.3
To talk with someone to share news after not seeing them for a while
155
2.6
To reach someone by phone or message
113
2.8
To get in touch with someone after a time without talking
86
3.7
Join things or people again after they were apart
36
3.0
To reach someone by phone or message
14
3.5
To make brief contact to give or get an update
9
3.2
To send a short message to keep in touch
1
4.4
To get in touch with someone again after speaking to them before
Antonyms
How Direct
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
155
2.3
- Texting
296
2.6
- Texting
724
1.0
- Informal
81
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to establish communication' is directly derivable from combining the basic sense of 'get' (obtain/arrive at) with 'in touch' (in contact); a B1 learner who knows these constituents can reasonably infer 'get in touch' means to make contact. Even though 'get' lacked a dictionary entry here, its high-frequency core meanings and the common cross-linguistic pattern of "obtain/enter into contact" make this expression immediately understandable.
Etymology
Get in touch comes from the simple image of reaching out and touching someone — to get close and touch them to make a connection. So it now means 'to contact' someone by phone, message, or visit.