lose touch en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To lose contact (with).
At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality.
Friends that I had lost touch with years ago suddenly found me again.
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(UK, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic) Alternative form of lose one's touch.
alt 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lost touch | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lost touch | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| loses touch | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| losing touch | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
touch base · out of touch · in touch · lose one's touch
Translations (6)
fi menettää yhteys (lose contact with) · cmn 失去联系 (lose contact with) · hu elveszti/elveszíti a kapcsolatot (lose contact with) · fi vieraantua (lose contact with) · cmn 失去聯繫 (lose contact with) · cmn 脫節 /脱节 (lose contact with)