lose touch

idiom

: 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 + with

She lost touch with her college roommate after graduation.

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web Bipolar disorder causes significant mood changes, including mania and depression, while schizophrenia causes a person to lose touch with reality through hallucinations and delusions. —

Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 17 Aug. 2024 That tactic makes sense for a film about an actress who lands a role in a cursed production and begins to lose touch with reality. —

Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024 People often lose their belongings — including medicine or tarps that protect them from the elements — and lose touch with service providers. —

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 See all Example Sentences for lose touch

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