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

The job put him in touch with many of the area's young people. —James Stolz, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025

New Mexico has been in touch with the CDC for technical advice but has not asked for further assistance, according to David Morgan, public information officer at the New Mexico Department of Health. —Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025

A lot of them were still in touch with one another even today, and had vivid memories of life-changing moments of awakening in the groups, achieved by sharing stories and truths from their own lives with other women. —Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

Hodgson had been in touch with Mayer and his parents, and visited him in the hospital when Hodgson was in Colorado last summer. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for in touch

• nonesuch
• retouch
• clutch
• crutch
• cutch
• dutch
• hutch
• much
• mutch
• such
• insomuch
• overmuch