out of the loop
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If one spouse exerts control and the other is disengaged or kept out of the loop, filing tax returns can inflame tensions and drive a wedge into the relationship.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Some managers have been cut out of the loop on staff reductions, unable to answer questions or explain dismissals to teams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Almost seven years on from what happened at Greenvale, and more than seven months on from the last court date, Mr Bradley and Mr Currie said the families feel out of the loop.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
And Bass left Soboroff out of the loop on at least one key decision — last week’s move, later reversed, to reopen Pacific Palisades to the public.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025
Another thing to come out of it was that Amos became super popular and Julian, because he missed the whole thing, was really out of the loop.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
