lose touch
Stop keeping contact
To lose touch is to fall out of contact or connection.
You lose touch with old friends when communication lapses over time: We lost touch after college.
You can also lose touch with a skill, a field, or reality itself—becoming out of date or disconnected: He's lost touch with what voters actually want.
The opposite is to keep or stay in touch.
Gradually become estranged
- grow apartBecome emotionally distant
- fall outTo have a dispute
- distanceSpace between two points
- disconnectTo break a connection
alienation · separation · rift · estranged · disaffection · coldness · remoteness · detachment
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- pins and needlesTingling in extremities
- deadenedMade less intense
- desensitizedMade unresponsive through overexposure
nerve damage · paralysis · frostbite · circulation · anesthesia
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- out-of-dateNo longer valid
- behind the timesNot current or modern
disconnected · clueless · ignorant · detached · removed · insulated · sheltered · bubble
Cannot be accessed
- incommunicadoWithout means of communication
- off the gridIndependent of infrastructure
- offlineNot internet-connected
- cut offSeparated or disconnected
inaccessible · distant · remote · secluded · withdrawn · reclusive · solitary · vanished
drift apart
Gradually become estranged
- grow apartBecome emotionally distant
- fall outTo have a dispute
- distanceSpace between two points
disconnect · alienation · separation · rift · estranged · disaffection · coldness · remoteness · detachment · withdrawal
numbness
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- pins and needlesTingling in extremities
- deadenedMade less intense
desensitized · nerve damage · paralysis · frostbite · circulation · anesthesia
uninformed
Lacking necessary knowledge
- unawareLacking knowledge of something
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- out-of-dateNo longer valid
behind the times · disconnected · clueless · ignorant · detached · removed · insulated · sheltered · bubble · ivory tower
unreachable
Cannot be accessed
- incommunicadoWithout means of communication
- off the gridIndependent of infrastructure
- offlineNot internet-connected
cut off · inaccessible · distant · remote · secluded · withdrawn · reclusive · solitary · vanished · disappeared
lose touchkeep in touch
Maintain ongoing communication
stay connected · reconnect · keep up · reach out · stay close
lose touchkeep up with
Stay abreast of
have one's finger on the pulse · stay grounded · keep tabs on · stay sharp
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