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lose touch

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lose one's touch (with someone or something)

Fig. to lose one's ability to handle someone or something. I seem to have lost my touch with my children. They won't listen to me anymore. We've both lost our touch as far as managing people goes.

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lose touch (with somebody)

to no longer communicate with someone I lost touch with Katie after she moved to Canada.

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lose touch (with something)

to no longer have recent knowledge about something He has never lost touch with Mexican culture and traditions.

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lose your touch

to no longer be able to do something as well as you could before In her latest book, O'Reilly seems to have lost her touch for creating interesting characters.

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lose your touch

if you lose your touch, you can no longer do something as well as you could before (usually in continuous tenses) It's good to see their goalkeeper's not losing his touch.

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lose touch

Fail to keep in contact or communication, as in The two sisters lost touch years ago, or Please don't lose touch with me after you move away. [Late 1800s] For an antonym, see in touch.

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