lose touch

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Verb

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lose touch (third-person singular simple present loses touch, present participle losing touch, simple past and past participle lost touch)

  1. (idiomatic) To lose contact (with).
    Friends that I had lost touch with years ago suddenly found me again.
    At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality.
  2. (idiomatic, UK) Alternative form of lose one's touch.
    • 1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1:
      Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit.
      Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.

Usage notes

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When the verb is applied to an item with which one has lost contact, the item is usually accompanied by the preposition "with".

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