the common touch

noun

: the ability of someone in a position of power or authority to attract the support of ordinary people
He is a politician with the common touch.

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Rhaenyra gets lessons in exercising the common touch from her new confidante and love interest, Mysaria, who once presided over a network of spies in low places at King’s Landing. — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 Keplinger didn't have the common touch and might be seen as rather intellectual and privileged and aloof and out of touch. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024

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“The common touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20common%20touch. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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