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lose touch

Definition of lose touch

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 + with

She 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.

Word by Word Definitions

lose play

: to bring to destruction
: damn
: to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place

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touch play

: to bring a bodily part into contact with especially so as to perceive through the tactile sense : handle or feel gently usually with the intent to understand or appreciate
: to put hands upon in any way or degree
: to take into the hands or mouth

: the act or fact of touching
: the special sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin or mucous membrane is perceived
: a specified sensation that arises in response to stimulation of the tactile receptors : feel

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