in the loop

Idioms  

1. Provided with information and included in a decision-making process. For example, She's new to the board, but be sure to keep her in the loop. This expression uses loop in the sense of “a circle of individuals among whom information or responsibility circulates.” The antonym out of the loop, meaning “left out of such a circle,” dates from the same period. For example, The chairman was consistently leaving Chris out of the loop. [1970s]

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Example Sentences

The club is so secretive about everything it does that even its own chairman doesn’t seem to be in the loop on their status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

When your husband was deciding to split his premarital assets, it was good of him to keep you in the loop.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

He expected the episode would be “a huge shock for people” who are fans of the show, with only a small circle of “NCIS”-related folks in the loop before Tuesday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Keep your doctors and pharmacies in the loop on your full medication list.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

But otherwise the subjunctive is found only in subordinate clauses, generally with mandative verbs and adjectives, which indicate that something is demanded or required: I insist that she be kept in the loop.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker