lose touch

verb

To lose contact (with).

“At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality.”

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Meanings

verblose touch (third-person singular simple present loses touch, present participle losing touch, simple past and past participle lost touch)

present singular third person loses touch · participle present losing touch · participle past lost touch · past lost touch

  1. idiomaticTo lose contact (with).

    At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality.

    1 more example

    Friends that I had lost touch with years ago suddenly found me again.

  2. UKalternativeidiomaticAlternative form of lose one's touch.

    Francis Urquhart: I think Lord Billsborough is starting to lose touch a bit. Tim Stamper: Shame. Used to be a hell of an operator in his day.

    1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 失去聯繫, 失去联系
  • 失去聯繫lose contact with
  • 失去联系 (shīqù liánxì)lose contact with
  • 脫節 /脱节 (tuōjié)lose contact with
Finnish menettää yhteys, vieraantua
  • menettää yhteyslose contact with
  • vieraantualose contact with
Hungarian elveszti/elveszíti a kapcsolatot
  • elveszti/elveszíti a kapcsolatotlose contact with
Cite this entry
APA

lose touch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20touch

MLA

“lose touch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20touch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lose touch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lose%20touch.

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