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out of touch

idiom
Meaning

No longer maintaining contact or communications.


Examples
SIMPLE

I am out of touch with my old classmates.

CONTEXTUAL

After moving to a different country, he felt out of touch with his family's daily lives.

COMPLEX

The aging politician seemed completely out of touch with the concerns and values of the younger generation.

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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    common touch

    The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.

  2. 02

    everything one touches turns to gold

    Everything someone uses or does succeeds or becomes better.

  3. 03

    everything one touches turns to shit

    Everything someone uses or does fails or becomes worse.

  4. 04

    golden touch

    Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).

  5. 05

    human touch

    The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.

  6. 06

    kick into touch

    To evade an issue; to stop from happening.

  7. 07

    lose one's touch

    To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.

  8. 08

    lose touch

    To lose contact (with).

Last updated April 17, 2026