in touch with (someone or something)
1. Communicating with someone. The recruiter said that he'll be in touch with you about the job next week. You're still in touch with Cara, right? How is she these days? Don't worry, I've been in touch with Grandma—she's fine, the storm didn't hit her area.
2. Sensitive to or aware of something. Joe is really in touch with his emotions—he has no problem talking about how he feels. A: "He decorated the whole place himself? Wow, I thought for sure he had a wife or girlfriend." B: "Nah, guess he's just in touch with his feminine side." Therapy has helped me to get in touch with some long buried feelings.
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*in touch with someone or something
1. Fig. in communication with someone or a group. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Are you in touch with your brother, or have you two grown apart? I am in touch with the person whom you asked about.
2. Fig. sympathetic or sensitive to someone or something; having good contact or rapport with someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) We talk to each other, but we're not really in touch with each other.
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