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lose touch

lose touch verb: to lose contact (with). Also the alternative form of lose one's touch.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To lose contact (with).
    • Friends that I had lost touch with years ago suddenly found me again.
    • At times, people with psychotic disorders lose touch with reality.

Also used as

lose touch is also the alternative form of lose one's touch.

Forms of lose touch

third-person singular presentloses touch
present participlelosing touch
past participlelost touch
pastlost touch

Questions about lose touch

What does lose touch mean?
Lose touch means to lose contact (with).
What part of speech is lose touch?
Lose touch is a verb.
What is the past tense of lose touch?
The past tense of lose touch is lost touch.

Words near lose touch in the dictionary

  1. lose the run of oneself
  2. lose the thread
  3. lose their head
  4. lose time
  5. lose to plot
  6. lose touch
  7. lose track
  8. lose weight
  9. lose-lose
  10. loseable
  11. Loseby

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