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out of the loop

Idioms  
  1. see under in the loop.


Example Sentences

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When Brockman said that he and Altman were going to meet former President Barack Obama, Dario got angry that he had been left out of the loop.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Even the agency’s top official is out of the loop until a couple of days before the release.

From The Wall Street Journal

Your ISP is cut out of the loop, but it will still know you’re using Tor.

From Salon

To open up the Library of Congress to “scrapers” and other AI programs would possibly make such information even more easily accessible, but just as likely it would “take the man out of the loop,” to borrow a phrase that military specialists use to describe the automation of weapons systems.

From The Wall Street Journal