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

Joly directed the gang’s operations from inside a Haitian prison using unmonitored cell phones and was constantly in touch with other 400 Mawozo leaders, most of whom were his relatives. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025

As of March 2024, the surviving West children are still in touch. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

Finally, has the Smithsonian been in touch about your legs? —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 May 2025

From early on, the team was in touch with the USC Shoah Foundation, an organization founded by Steven Spielberg shortly after his 1993 film Schindler’s List. —Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 May 2025

Rhymes for in touch

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