keeps someone in the loop
Provides ongoing information
To keep someone in the loop is to ensure they stay informed about ongoing developments or decisions: Make sure you keep me in the loop on the project.
The loop is the circle of people receiving updates—being "out of the loop" means being uninformed or excluded from communication.
- in the knowPossessing privileged information
- inner circleExclusive group of confidants
- meetingsOrganized group assemblies
- touch baseCommunicate briefly to update
- data sharingExchanging information between parties
notify · update · reports · inform · collaboration · inclusion · on the same page · accountability · ping · memos · teamwork · participation · daily standup · transparency · open communication · relaying · transmitting · feedback loops
keeps someone in the loopstonewalls
Delays through evasion
blindsides · keeps mum · compartmentalizes · ghosts · shuts out
keeps someone in the loopfreezes out
Excludes through cold treatment
marginalizes · cuts out · sidelines · ices out · excludes