Synonym for I will get back to you or I come back to you? [closed]

"I'll return to you" on that, "I'll follow-up shortly", "Let me take that away" (in a meeting, implying but not explicitly stating you'll get ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore SynonymforIwillgetbacktoyouorIcomebacktoyou?[closed] AskQuestion Asked 7years,9monthsago Modified 5years,6monthsago Viewed 113ktimes 2 1 Closed.Thisquestionneedstobemorefocused.Itisnotcurrentlyacceptinganswers. Wanttoimprovethisquestion?Updatethequestionsoitfocusesononeproblemonlybyeditingthispost. Closed5yearsago. Improvethisquestion WhatisthesynonymforsayingIwillgetbacktoyouorIcomebacktoyou? single-word-requestssynonyms Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedAug23,2014at14:24 Jacob askedAug23,2014at14:14 JacobJacob 17122goldbadges44silverbadges1212bronzebadges 10 1 Thosearethephraseswetypicallyuse;therereallyisn'tasingle-wordsynonym.MyIndiancolleaguessay"I'llrevert(orrevertback)onthatshortly",butIpersonallyloathethatusage. – DanBron Aug23,2014at14:16 1 "I'llreturntoyou"onthat,"I'llfollow-upshortly","Letmetakethataway"(inameeting,implyingbutnotexplicitlystatingyou'llgetback),etc.Butbewarned:creativelanguagesoundslikecreativeslanguage,anditmorelikelytogetnoticed(andjudged)thancommonphraseswhich,evenwhenrepeatedfrequently,rarelydrawattentiontothemselves. – DanBron Aug23,2014at14:29 2 I(We)willrevisit--asitisfashionabletoday. – Kris Aug23,2014at14:33 1 @Kris,inAmericanprofessionallingo,"revisit"means"tablefornow,investigateagainatalatertime",it'sapolitewaywayofsaying"takeitoutside,boys"(i.e."let'snottalkaboutthatnow").IfyouaskedmeaquestionandIresponded"I'llgetbacktoyou",there'sanimpliedpromisethatI'llreturnwithasolutionoranswer;nosuchpromiseisimpliedby"revisit".Tothecontrary,ifrepliedtoyourquestionwith"I'llrevisitthat",Iwouldbeconveying"Idon'tknowwhattodowiththat,andImaylookatitlater,butIdefinitelydon'twanttotalkorthinkaboutitnow". – DanBron Aug23,2014at15:07 1 Maybeamoreconcisewayofputtingitis:whensomeonesays"let'srevisitthatlater"inameeting,italmostalwaysmeans"rightnow,that'sjustadistraction". – DanBron Aug23,2014at15:11  |  Show5morecomments 3Answers 3 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 4 Withoutanycontext,thesinglewordthatcomestomymindisfollow-up,whichmeanstocontinuesomethinglaterthathasalreadybeenstarted. Iwillbesuretofollow-upsoon. Ifyouwanttopostponeansweringaquestionuntillaterduringadiscussion(likeinapresentationorameeting),youcanusecircleback. That'sagoodpoint,butlet'scirclebacktothatlater. Ifyouwanttoanswerthequestionafterthemeetingisover,youcanrequesttotakeitoffline. Goodquestion,butitisbeyondthescopeofthisdiscussion.Let'stakeitoffline. Ifyouareansweringthephone,butarecurrentlybusy,youcanfirstaskthemtohold,orifyouknowitwillbeawhile,youcanpromisetocallback. Iambusywithsomeoneelserightnow,canyouholdforabit? Iaminthemiddleofsomethingimportant,mayIcallyouback? Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug24,2014at5:40 jxhjxh 10.2k22goldbadges2020silverbadges4848bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1 "Reply"or"Respond"aresinglewordequivalentsforthefirstphraseyoucite,"getbacktoyou". "Comebacktoyou"isnot(atleastinmyexperience)acommonidiom,andinitsmoreliteralsense,couldbereplacedbythesingleword"return". Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredAug23,2014at14:45 brasshatbrasshat 4,24422goldbadges1717silverbadges2222bronzebadges 2 1 InAmericanbusinessjargon,"getbacktoyou"connoteswithasolutionoratleastafirmanswer,whereas"reply"ismuchweaker,merelyaresponse.Ifyouaskedmeaquestion,Icouldreplywith"I'llgetbacktoyouonthat",whichmeans,later,I'mgoingtofollow-upwith"yes","no",or"42". – DanBron Aug23,2014at15:01 Dan,sometimesitmeansthat.Inmyownexperience,"I'llgetbacktoyou"sometimesmeans,"I'mtoobusytodealwiththatrightnow.IexpectI'llalsobetoobusytodealwiththatthisafternoon,andtomorrowandthenextdayaren'tlookinggood,either."GiventhecontextprovidedbytheOP,I'mstickingbymyanswer. – brasshat Aug23,2014at15:21 Addacomment  |  1 Foranactionitemsuchasyou'duseinanemailresponse,Ipreferfollowupwithnohyphen. "Staytunedformoreinformationaswewillfollowupinthecomingmonths."Follow-up(withhyphen)ismorecommonasanoun(asin,"TheTimespublishedafollow-uponthatsewagetreatmentstoryyouliked"). Itoohavenoticedthe"revert"and"revertback"usageandwhileIdon'tlikeiteither,Iadmireit'sefficiency.IhearitfromcolleaguesinAsia. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedOct9,2015at23:31 answeredJul21,2015at16:22 ElbyCloudElbyCloud 95466silverbadges1111bronzebadges Addacomment  |  Highlyactivequestion.Earn10reputation(notcountingtheassociationbonus)inordertoanswerthisquestion.Thereputationrequirementhelpsprotectthisquestionfromspamandnon-answeractivity. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedsingle-word-requestssynonymsoraskyourownquestion. FeaturedonMeta AnnouncingthearrivalofValuedAssociate#1214:Dalmarus Improvementstositestatusandincidentcommunication Related 3 AsynonymforViral 0 Synonymfor'reinforce/backupidea/concept' 3 Synonymfor'learnings' 0 Synonymfor'idiomatically' 5 Synonymforobservee 10 Synonymfor"increasebyone"foruseintechnicalpublication 1 Lessformalsynonymfor"individual" 1 Synonymfor"toAcceptBlame" HotNetworkQuestions Whatisnon-networkedUnixdomainsocket? 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