“Keep in touch” means to stay in contact with someone and not lose track of each other. We use it about people who keep writing and calling after they stop seeing each other every day. When you say goodbye or end a message, “Keep in touch!” is a friendly way of saying “Let's not lose contact.”
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keep in touch (with + person); stay in touch; get in touch with + person; lose touch with + person
- After the conference, we promised to keep in touch and share our research.
- While I was travelling around Asia, I kept in touch with my family by email.
- My grandmother keeps in touch with her old school friends through a group chat.
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First versionI still keep connection with my classmates from university.
RevisionI still keep in touch with my classmates from university.
“Keep connection” may look like a logical way to say “stay in contact”, but English speakers don't use it about people. The word “connection” usually describes a technical link, such as an internet connection, or a link between facts. To talk about staying in contact with people, use “keep in touch with”.
“Get in touch with” means to contact someone, to write or call about a particular matter: “Get in touch with our office to book a visit.” “Keep in touch” describes contact that goes on for years. If the contact stops, we say “lose touch”: “We lost touch after school.”
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We worked together ten years ago and still message each other every month. We have ___ all this time.
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kept in touch — The former colleagues still message each other every month, so the contact has never stopped: “kept in touch”. “Got in touch” describes a single contact and doesn't fit with “all this time”.
Write about someone you stay in contact with, although you live in different cities or countries. Say who the person is and how you keep in touch.
My best friend from school moved to Berlin and I stayed in Moscow, but we keep in touch through video calls every Sunday.
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