this is self-explanatory, it means to make contact with a person, as the similar phrases above indicate
Example:
Can you get in touch with our supplier?
Using “get”:
Again, as mentioned in my previous entry, “get” is a verb with many meanings and uses, and again, this meaning of “get” is “to arrive”. In this case, to “arrive” where you have contact with or could “touch” someone. though of course here it is figurative.
Examples:
I’ll get in touch with them later.
If you have any problems, please get in touch with our help desk.
Please fill out the form, submit it, and we’ll get in touch with you.
to contact someone again, to follow up on something, to return a call
Meaning:
the phrase means to contact someone you are talking to or who wrote to you with a question
Examples:
We’ll get back to you as soon as we have an answer.
I’ll get back to you after the meeting.
Using “get”:
“Get” is a verb with many meanings and uses. One meaning of “get” is “arrive”.
So we can say that the phrase “to get back to someone” means “to arrive back” or “to return to” somewhere. “Somewhere” can have the abstract meaning of “here in this conversation.” That is a short explanation of how the verb “get” is being used in the phrase “to get back to someone.”
Examples:
When did you get to work?
I got home late last night.
The shipment got here on time.
Just for fun, some of you may remember or know the song by The Beatles called Get Back. The meaning in the lyrics is both geographical, to return to where you came from, as well as abstract, to return to your former state of being.
Here is a Wikipedia entry on the song →.
And, for further fun, here is a youtube video of The Beatles performing Get Back on the rooftop of Apple Studios in London in the film Let it Be.
In some cases when you have to express disappointment, for example if a supplier cannot deliver to you on time, the typical phrase “it’s a pity” is too informal. Two alternatives are to start the sentence with:
It’s regrettable
It’s unfortunate
An example:
“It’s unfortunate that you won’t be able to deliver these parts as planned.”
This of course conveys a sense of seriousness, more so than ‘it’s a pity”.
I have created an online exercise for you to practice the above. I have also included a review of some phrasal verbs. Please take a few minutes to do the exercise and I will correct it for you, if there are any corrections necessary.
The second example above is quoted from the CNN article (see link) on bicycling: the sense of the phrase is that more people are changing from cars to bicycles in larger cities.
You can also turn to someone else for help with a problem or task.
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