in touch

*in touch (with someone)

1. Fig. in contact with someone by letter or telephone. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; keep ~.) I tried to get in touch with her, but she never answered her phone. I just couldn't seem to get in touch.

2. Fig. [of oneself] having self-knowledge. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I need to get in touch with myself and the way I really feel about things. She needs to try more to be in touch with herself and her feelings.

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The many hours he was not with Ruth he devoted to the "Love-cycle," to reading at home, or to the public reading-rooms, where he got more closely in touch with the magazines of the day and the nature of their policy and content. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context It may be a cabaret in the Latin Quarter, a cafe in some obscure Italian village, a boozing ken in sailor-town, and it may be up at the club over Scotch and soda; but always it will be where John Barleycorn makes fellowship that I get immediately in touch, and meet, and know. John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context With deft fingers she unshipped this, took it with her, reeling out the wire as she went, thus keeping, in a way, in touch with the kite. The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context			in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with in tow in transit in triplicate in trouble in truth in tune in tune with in tune with the times in turn in two shakes in two shakes of a lamb's tail in unison in use in vain in view of in vogue in way in wisdom in words of one syllable in writing in years In your dreams! inaugurate as incapacitate			in this connexion in this day and age In This Economy In This Picture in this regard in this regard in this regard In This Thread In This Topic in those parts In Through the Out Door In Thy Dreams in time in time in time in time in time in times past in token of in token of in token of in token of In Too Deep in top form In Topic in total In totidem verhis in toto in toto In toto et pars continetur in touch In Touch Media Group In Touch Mission International In touch with In touch with In touch with in tow in tow in tow in tracks in tracks in tracks in tracks In traditionibus scriptorum non quod dictum est in training in training in training in training In Trance We Trust In Transit In Transit In Transit In Transition In transitu In transitu In Tranzit in tribute in triplicate in trouble In True Friendship in trust