out of touch
The phrase "out of touch" signifies a lack of communication or awareness, often leading to misunderstandings or disconnection.
Definition
B2Interpersonal Relationships
(idiomatic)Not maintaining regular contact or communication with someone.
Example
- After moving to different cities, they gradually fell out of touch.
B2General Awareness
(idiomatic)Lacking awareness or understanding of current events, trends, or the general state of things.
Example
- He seemed out of touch with the latest technological advancements.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "out of touch":
out of stepin touchout of reachout of tuneout of itout of syncout of placeout to lunchout of lineout of sortsout of one's timenot with itout of whackout of jointout of timeoff the markout of one's depthoff targetout of dateout of the pictureout of sightoff baseout of controlout of one's mindway offout of handnot touch with a ten-foot polebehind the curveout ofwide of the markout of the moneyout of characterbeyond someone's graspfar out