idiom · informal

keep in touch

/kiːp ɪn tʌtʃ/keep·in·TOUCH

speakingtask2

to stay in contact with someone

Examples

“Even after he moved abroad, we kept in touch by email.”

“Let's keep in touch; send me a message when you arrive.”

“I try to keep in touch with old classmates on social media.”

Band 8 sentence

“Although we now live on opposite sides of the world, we make an effort to keep in touch regularly.”

Collocations

  • keep in touch with someone
  • keep in touch via email/phone/social media

Word family

keep in touch / keeps in touch / kept in touch / keeping in touch verb phrase

Common mistakes

I keep contact with him.→I keep in touch with him.

I will keep in touch him.→I will keep in touch with him.

Say it for a higher band

5stay in contact→6keep contact→7+keep in touch

Synonyms

stay in contact

Easily confused

stay in contact

“Try to stay in contact with your supervisor while you're doing the research.”

Related words

break the iceget on (well) (with)hit it offsee eye to eyehead over heels (in love)two peas in a podon the same wavelengthgo back a long way

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