loop

1
[ loop ]
/ lup /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Idioms for loop

    in/out of the loop, included in or excluded from a group of people who receive the latest information about something: She’s often out of the loop on policy decisions.
    throw/knock for a loop, to astonish or upset: Her quitting the project really threw me for a loop.

Origin of loop

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1350–1400; Middle English loupe loop of cloth, perhaps < Scots Gaelic lub loop, bend

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH loop

loop loupe

British Dictionary definitions for in the loop (1 of 2)

loop 1
/ (luːp) /

noun

verb

Word Origin for loop

C14: loupe, origin unknown

British Dictionary definitions for in the loop (2 of 2)

loop 2
/ (luːp) /

noun

an archaic word for loophole

Word Origin for loop

C14: perhaps related to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer

Medical definitions for in the loop

loop
[ lōōp ]

n.

A curve or bend in a cord or other cylindrical body, forming an oval or circular ring.
A type of loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Idioms and Phrases with in the loop (1 of 2)

in the loop

Provided with information and included in a decision-making process. For example, She's new to the board, but be sure to keep her in the loop. This expression uses loop in the sense of “a circle of individuals among whom information or responsibility circulates.” The antonym out of the loop, meaning “left out of such a circle,” dates from the same period. For example, The chairman was consistently leaving Chris out of the loop. [1970s]

Idioms and Phrases with in the loop (2 of 2)

loop

see in the loop; knock for a loop.