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lose touch

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  1. 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.


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Psychosis is a mental health condition where someone can lose touch with reality, involving symptoms like hallucinations and delusions.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

“Just when did it happen,” Roy asks himself, “when exactly did you lose touch with your own humanity?”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

But when they are bulldozed, their inhabitants lose touch with friends, documents, caseworkers, and public services.

From Slate Jan. 22, 2025

The 23-year-old folk singer from Chihuahua, Mexico, first touched hearts with the release of his single, “Amor Viejo,” in which he expresses to a lover his desire to never lose touch.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2024

“His success among the white man never has made him lose touch with black reality,” Malcolm X said of Parks once.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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