verb phrase🎓 English idiom

lose your touch

to no longer be as skilled as before

What it means

To lose your touch means to no longer be as skilled, talented, or effective at something as you once were. It's used when someone who was previously good at a task starts performing noticeably worse.

Examples

  • He used to win every game, but lately he's losing his touch.
  • These cookies are burnt; I think I'm losing my touch in the kitchen.
  • The veteran salesman worried he was losing his touch with clients.
  • Don't say you've lost your touch after just one bad performance.

Where it comes from

The phrase uses 'touch' in the sense of a skilled or deft handling of something, an artistic and craft-related meaning of the word in English since the 16th century.

Related idioms

#hit rock bottom#go down in flames#back to square one#cut the mustard

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