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keep someone in the loop

keep someone in the loop verb: to furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process.

Verb

keep someone in the loop (third-person singular simple present keeps someone in the loop, present participle keeping someone in the loop, simple past and past participle kept someone in the loop)

  1. (idiomatic) To furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process.
    • "A number of regions have certainly shown interest, and everybody is keen to be kept in the loop with developmnts.2022 September 21, Brendan Rice, “Ready for inspection”, in RAIL, number 966, page 60

Antonyms of keep someone in the loop

Forms of keep someone in the loop

third-person singular presentkeeps someone in the loop
present participlekeeping someone in the loop
past participlekept someone in the loop
pastkept someone in the loop

Questions about keep someone in the loop

What does keep someone in the loop mean?
Keep someone in the loop means to furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process.
What part of speech is keep someone in the loop?
Keep someone in the loop is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep someone in the loop?
The past tense of keep someone in the loop is kept someone in the loop.

Words near keep someone in the loop in the dictionary

  1. keep someone amused
  2. keep someone busy
  3. keep someone company
  4. keep someone guessing
  5. keep someone honest
  6. keep someone in the loop
  7. keep someone occupied
  8. keep someone on ice
  9. keep someone on their toes
  10. keep someone posted
  11. keep someone posted up

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