lose touch

Related to lose touch: lose touch with reality, lost touch

lose touch

1. To unintentionally decrease frequency of communication with someone over time until no further contact takes place. Unfortunately, my college roommate and I lost touch over the years, so I have no idea how she's doing now.
2. To no longer be skilled in doing something. In this usage, a possessive pronoun is used between "lose" and "touch." The students no longer listen to my threats—I must be losing my touch. He used to be one of the league's elite shooters, but it seems like he's lost his touch.
See also: lose, touch

lose touch (with one)

To decrease the frequency of communication (with one) over time, especially unintentionally, until no further contact takes place. Unfortunately, my college roommate and I lost touch over the years, so I have no idea how she's doing now. I lost touch with Tina after she moved to Alaska. The last I heard, she was still living out there.
See also: lose, touch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: lose, touch
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

lose one's touch

No longer be able to do or handle something skillfully. For example, I used to make beautiful cakes but I seem to have lost my touch, or Dad had a real knack for letting someone down gently, but he's lost his touch. This expression alludes to the older sense of touch as a musician's skill on an instrument or an artist's skill in using a brush or chisel. [First half of 1900s] Also see lose touch.
See also: lose, touch

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.
See also: lose, touch
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

lose your touch

If you lose your touch, you become less skillful at doing something. Despite thirteen years in the job, she has not lost her touch.
See also: lose, touch
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

lose your touch

not show your customary skill.
1991 Times The guv'nor is a former pork butcher who has clearly not lost his touch.
See also: lose, touch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

lose ˈtouch/ˈcontact (with somebody/something)

not write/speak to somebody or not hear/read about somebody/something as you did in the past: She lost touch with most of her old friends when she moved to London.
See also: contact, lose, touch

lose your ˈtouch

lose the skill or ability to do something which you used to do very well: I don’t know what’s happened to her playing. She seems to have lost her touch. He’s not as good a salesman as he used to be. He’s losing his touch.
See also: lose, touch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • lose one's touch
  • lose touch (with one)
  • lose touch/contact
  • lose your touch
  • lose contact (with one)
  • lose contact with
  • bump (up) against (someone or something)
  • bump against
  • find (oneself) without (someone or something)
  • find oneself without
References in periodicals archive
"We'll definitely make sure we don't lose touch again."
Diamond reunion for long-lost pals; MARRIED ON THE SAME DAY, FRED AND BERT LOST TOUCH FOR 40 YEARS
They may tend to lose touch with the concerns of people and the message they are supposedly compelled to profess and instead ornament their increasingly valuable worldly property and extend their power and influence.
LETTERS
That way Labour would not lose touch with its electorate and would understand what people in the country were thinking.
Falling foul of leader's disease
MORE than 40 per cent of fathers lose touch with their children after a divorce.
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The John Boste Youth Centre in Walker, Newcastle, was set up after youngsters in the area expressed concern they would lose touch with primary school friends once they moved on to secondary education.
Sporting donations
Norma's going to spend a few days in North Wales this week but we're determined not to lose touch again.''
FRIENDS WEBSITE REUNITES OLD SCHOOLMATES AFTER 51 YEARS
People who live in insular political worlds who don't get out enough can quickly lose touch with reality.
Quit Public Schools?: A Bad Prescription From Radio's `Dr. Laura'
The John Boste Youth Centre in Walker was set up after young people in the area expressed concern that they would lose touch with primary school friends once they moved on to secondary education.
Goal to pursue
THE average Briton has just nine close friends - and is likely to lose touch with some as he or she grows older.
NORMAN 9 MATES; That's the average Brit