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

He did keep me in the loop for every single step of this movie, which is not normal.

From The Wall Street Journal

I was talking to Ford the other day and they were making a big deal out of keeping a human in the loop.

From The Wall Street Journal

In your case, every player appears to be in the loop.

From MarketWatch

“And because that’s going to happen, that means defense has to be autonomous. You can’t have a human in the loop or it’s going to be too slow.”

From The Wall Street Journal

You can revisit our past issues to read more and sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop.

From Los Angeles Times