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.
Examples of lose touch in a Sentence
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People often lose their belongings — including medicine or tarps that protect them from the elements — and lose touch with service providers.
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Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
This situation can make people lose touch with the basics of the market because the index's performance starts to represent the speculative values of its biggest parts instead of the real economic and financial situations of its companies.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The movie has reduced audiences to tears with its story of childhood friends — Nora and Hae Sung — who lose touch when her family leaves Korea for North America.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2023
Writer-director Celine Song’s feature directorial debut is a moving romantic drama about Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), two childhood friends in South Korea who lose touch when Nora’s family relocates to America.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
The two-way love allows Yichun to never lose touch with her audience.
—Billboard China, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
In Smyth’s mind, Shanley built such a personal and relatable story that audiences never lose touch with the characters.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
It’s been around for a long time to refer to situations when leaders and companies lose touch with employees.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Companies start to lose touch with reality when its people stop asking why.
—Cassandra Frangos, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
This situation can make people lose touch with the basics of the market because the index's performance starts to represent the speculative values of its biggest parts instead of the real economic and financial situations of its companies.
—Jim Osman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The movie has reduced audiences to tears with its story of childhood friends — Nora and Hae Sung — who lose touch when her family leaves Korea for North America.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2023
Writer-director Celine Song’s feature directorial debut is a moving romantic drama about Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), two childhood friends in South Korea who lose touch when Nora’s family relocates to America.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
The two-way love allows Yichun to never lose touch with her audience.
—Billboard China, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
In Smyth’s mind, Shanley built such a personal and relatable story that audiences never lose touch with the characters.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
It’s been around for a long time to refer to situations when leaders and companies lose touch with employees.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
Companies start to lose touch with reality when its people stop asking why.
—Cassandra Frangos, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
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“Lose touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20touch. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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