get in touch
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Definition
Verb phrase: - To establish communication or contact with someone, especially after a period of no contact or to initiate a new connection.
Usage
This phrase is used to describe the act of making contact with another person, typically through a message, phone call, or meeting. It implies initiating or re-establishing a line of communication. - Common Structure: get in touch with [someone].
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to get in touch with one's feelings": This is an idiomatic extension meaning to become aware of and understand one's own emotions.
- Therapy helped him get in touch with his feelings.
Variants and Related Words
- Get in contact (with): A more formal synonym for "get in touch with."
- Please get in contact with our support team for assistance.
- Be in touch: The state of having an established line of communication.
- We've been in touch via email for weeks.
- Keep in touch: To maintain communication over time.
- Let's promise to keep in touch after graduation.
Synonyms
- Contact: To communicate with or get in contact with.
- Reach (out to): To make an effort to communicate with someone.
- Connect with: To establish a link or communication with.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
- Get back in touch (with): To re-establish contact after a lapse in communication.
- We lost contact years ago, but I'd like to get back in touch.
- Be difficult/hard to get in touch with: Describes someone who is not easily reachable.
- Her assistant said she's hard to get in touch with this week.
Related Idioms
- Out of touch: Lacking communication or awareness, especially of current trends or another person's situation.
- He's been out of touch with his old friends for years.
- The company's management is out of touch with what customers want.
Verb
- establish communication with someone
- did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin?