lose one's touch

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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 .

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