Lose touch means to stop being in contact with someone. It usually happens gradually and without a quarrel: someone moves, changes jobs or gets a new number. The person follows with: lose touch with old friends.
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lose touch (with + person); lose touch with + subject/situation; be out of touch
- We lost touch after school but found each other on social media last year.
- I don't want to lose touch with my colleagues when I move to Berlin.
- After years in management, he'd lost touch with the daily work of his team.
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First versionAfter university we moved to different cities and lost each other.
RevisionAfter university we moved to different cities and lost touch.
It is tempting to describe drifting apart as losing each other. But in English lose each other means people literally got separated, for example in a crowd at a concert. When contact simply fades away, say lose touch.
Lose touch with has a second meaning: to stop knowing what is happening in a certain area. I've lived abroad for years and lost touch with the music scene back home. The resulting state is be out of touch.
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We haven't spoken for years because we ___ after she moved to Canada.
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lost touch — If they haven't spoken for years, the contact has broken off: lost touch. Kept in touch would mean they stayed in contact, which contradicts the start of the sentence.
Think of someone you have lost touch with. Write who it is and why you lost contact.
I lost touch with my first boss after she moved to another city and changed her number.
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