in the loop
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4.0
- idiom
- Informal
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al tanto
- Please keep me in the loop regarding any updates on the project.
- keep stakeholders in the loop
And there is no one in the car, but there's certainly safety people in the loop.
- And there is no one in the car, but there's certainly safety people in the loop.
- And So what you're trying to do at this stage is just to get in the loop, to get to know people and to build a network.
- You know, I think some MMA fight will be good to get back in the loop a little bit before going back to boxing again.
- This is, I would read it as folks who have no one in the loop who is saying this is maybe not something we should do.
- So we're in the loop and we're playing a game with other people that generates our data.
- You go no, I keep your mom in the loop.
- But they, they were trying to keep her in the loop.
- So I feel like so much has changed and I haven't been keeping up with keeping you guys in the loop.
- I'm off Saturday and Tuesdays, I'm off the weekend, I'm off at night and get yourself involved in in the loop of people that are doing what you ultimately want to do.
Examples
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So thanks so much for keeping us all in the loop and updating us with news and photos.
Blog text (14) -
It's real nice of you guys to keep us in the loop.
Fiction book (1995) -
So we will have to keep each other in the loop and we'll do another one.
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So he'll keep us in the loop.
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I expect to be kept in the loop on this one.
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Steve will keep us in the loop.
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Keep me in the loop every step.
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Keep me in the loop about the situation.
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I find this blog to be a convenient way to stay in the loop.
Blog text (24) -
We haven't gotten the test results back, but we're gonna keep you in the loop on this, okay?
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who knows secret or new information most people do not have
How Informed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'aware or informed' is partially derivable from combining 'in' (inside) with 'loop' (a circle/network), since being 'in' a loop implies inclusion in a communication circle. However, the use of 'loop' to mean a group of insiders with access to information is a metaphorical extension that may not be known to a B1 learner who only knows the literal meanings, so the expression is not fully transparent.
Etymology
In the loop comes from the image of people standing in a circle or loop and passing news to each other. If you are in that circle, you hear the messages, so in the loop means 'aware' or 'informed' about what is happening.