loses touch
Falls out of contact
Loses touch means to fall out of contact or connection.
You lose touch with old friends when communication fades: We lost touch after college.
Someone loses touch with reality when their perceptions diverge from what's actual.
A politician loses touch with voters when they no longer understand constituents' concerns.
The phrase suggests gradual drift rather than sudden break.
- disconnectTo break a connection
- drifts apartGradually loses closeness
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- numbLacking physical sensation
- displacedShifted from proper location
checked out · tuned out · rusty · apathetic · isolated · out of the loop · unpracticed · forgotten · dissociated · neglected · disengaged · removed · alienated · absent · detached · faded away · oblivious · distant
loses touchreconnects
Joins again after separation
reaches out · keeps up with · keeps up · makes an effort · cultivates
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