lose touch
idiom
1
: to stop communicating with each other : to no longer know what is happening in each other's lives
They were friends in college, but then they moved to different cities and lost touch.
—often + withShe lost touch with her college roommate after graduation.
2
: to stop knowing what is happening, how certain people feel, etc.
—usually + with
I read the newspaper every morning so that I don't completely lose touch with what's happening in the world.
She seems to have lost touch with reality and thinks that she can have everything she wants.
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Maintain your form during each rep; people commonly lose touch with their form when tired, setting them up for injury.
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Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Bipolar disorder causes significant mood changes, including mania and depression, while schizophrenia causes a person to lose touch with reality through hallucinations and delusions.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 17 Aug. 2024
That tactic makes sense for a film about an actress who lands a role in a cursed production and begins to lose touch with reality.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
People often lose their belongings — including medicine or tarps that protect them from the elements — and lose touch with service providers.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
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Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
Bipolar disorder causes significant mood changes, including mania and depression, while schizophrenia causes a person to lose touch with reality through hallucinations and delusions.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 17 Aug. 2024
That tactic makes sense for a film about an actress who lands a role in a cursed production and begins to lose touch with reality.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
People often lose their belongings — including medicine or tarps that protect them from the elements — and lose touch with service providers.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for lose touch
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“Lose touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20touch. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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