in touch

idiom

1

: in a state in which people communicate with each other especially by calling or writing to each other

We kept/stayed in touch after college.

They keep in touch by email.

—often + with

I'll be in touch with you later this week.

I have been trying to get in touch with her all day.

The childhood friends have kept in touch with each other for 40 years.

2

: in a state of being aware of what is happening, how certain people feel, etc.

—usually + with

As a professor of biology, it is important to keep/stay in touch with the latest research.

She is in touch with the voters and their needs.

3

: in a state of being aware of a particular part of one's character that is not easily noticed

—usually + with

She meditates to get in touch with her inner self.

Examples of in touch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Boulos has been in touch with interlocutors across Lebanon's multipolar political world, three sources who spoke to him in recent months say, a rare feat in Lebanon, where decades-old rivalries between factions run deep. —Andrea Shalal and Maya Gebeily, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024

Anastasia’s recovery counselors put her and James in touch with Shelter Inc, a nonprofit that runs several homeless shelters around the Bay Area. —Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 28 Nov. 2024

The families are still in touch to this day, and her daughter is still best friends with one of the children from that group. —Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024

Organisations involved in freedom of the press elsewhere in Latin America have been in touch, said Huertas. —Harriet Marsden, theweek, 17 Nov. 2024