Email & Comms Jargon · Associate level

"Closing the loop"

"Closing the loop" means following up to finish a conversation or tie up a loose end, signaling that an open item is now resolved.

Say this instead: wrapping this up

How "Closing the loop" shows up at work

The email subject line that makes everyone briefly panic before realizing nothing is wrong. It is the professional equivalent of saying "just checking you got this," dressed up as project management.

Buzzword

Just closing the loop on the vendor contract we discussed last week.

Plain English

Just wrapping this up on the vendor contract we discussed last week.

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Email & Comms Jargon

Stop sounding like the buzzword.

Buzzkill highlights "Closing the loop" and 634 other buzzwords in Gmail and LinkedIn, and rewrites them to plain English in one click. Free to try, 100% local.

Add to Chrome, free

More Email & Comms Jargon: Adding for visibility · Adding to the thread · Any update on this · Apologies for the delay · As discussed · As per our conversation

All Email & Comms Jargon · The full library · What's your Corporate Rank?