English Explanatory Dictionary

close the loop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To follow up; to tie up loose ends; to resolve.

Word forms

close the loop closes the loop closing the loop closed the loop

Etymology

Evidently by loose extension from control theory proper, regarding closed-loop control ("close the loop": "announce that enough feedback has been collected to successfully plan the system's next action"). Possibly influenced by the computer programming sense of "loop," in which program control will flow forever around an infinite loop until something is done to break (or exit) that loop.

Related words

closed loop endless loop infinite loop in the loop loop in open-loop circle back close out come full circle
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