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lose one's touch
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Idioms and Phrases
No longer be able to do or handle something skillfully. For example, I used to make beautiful cakes but I seem to have lost my touch , or Dad had a real knack for letting someone down gently, but he's lost his touch . This expression alludes to the older sense of touch as a musician's skill on an instrument or an artist's skill in using a brush or chisel. [First half of 1900s] Also see lose touch .Discover More
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You cannot imagine, my child, how important it is, when one lives in such close contact with another human being, not to lose one's touch with oneself.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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