"lose one's touch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-lose one's touch.ogg [Australia] Forms: loses one's touch [present, singular, third-person], losing one's touch [participle, present], lost one's touch [participle, past], lost one's touch [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lose<,,lost> one's touch}} lose one's touch (third-person singular simple present loses one's touch, present participle losing one's touch, simple past and past participle lost one's touch)
  1. (idiomatic) To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: lose touch [UK]
    Sense id: en-lose_one's_touch-en-verb-SvDXWWRh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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