lose contact with someone

lose contact with someone
lose touch/contact/(with someone) phrase
to not know where someone is or what they are doing because you have not talked to or communicated with them for a long time

If you’ve lost touch with a friend or neighbour we can help you find them.

Thesaurus: to be or to not be in contact with someonesynonym
Main entry: lose

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • lose touch with someone — lose touch/contact/(with someone) phrase to not know where someone is or what they are doing because you have not talked to or communicated with them for a long time If you’ve lost touch with a friend or neighbour we can help you find them.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lose contact — lose touch/contact/(with someone) phrase to not know where someone is or what they are doing because you have not talked to or communicated with them for a long time If you’ve lost touch with a friend or neighbour we can help you find them.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • lose touch with — • lose touch with • no longer be in touch with • out of touch with fail to keep in contact or communication with someone, to lose contact I lost touch with everyone who I worked with at my summer job. (from Idioms in Speech) in (not in) social or …   Idioms and examples

  • lose track of — lose contact with someone (or something) I ve lost track of many of my friends from high school …   Idioms and examples

  • contact — [[t]kɒ̱ntækt[/t]] ♦♦ contacts, contacting, contacted 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N with/between n Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly. Opposition leaders are denying any contact with the government in… …   English dictionary

  • lose — [ luz ] (past tense and past participle lost [ lɔst ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop having something ▸ 2 be unable to find ▸ 3 not win ▸ 4 have less than before ▸ 5 when someone dies ▸ 6 no longer see/hear etc. ▸ 7 not have body part ▸ 8 stop having… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • lose */*/*/ — UK [luːz] / US [luz] verb Word forms lose : present tense I/you/we/they lose he/she/it loses present participle losing past tense lost UK [lɒst] / US [lɔst] past participle lost Get it right: lose: Don t confuse lose (a verb) and loose (an… …   English dictionary

  • contact — 1 noun 1 COMMUNICATION (U) communication with a person, organization, country etc (+ with): He s not had any contact with his son for months. (+ between): There is very little contact between the two tribes. | be/get/stay in contact (with): We… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • contact — I UK [ˈkɒntækt] / US [ˈkɑnˌtækt] noun Word forms contact : singular contact plural contacts *** Get it right: contact: When contact means communication between people, countries, or organizations , it is usually an uncountable noun, so ▪  it is… …   English dictionary

  • contact — con|tact1 [ kan,tækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 communication ▸ 2 touching each other ▸ 3 contact lens ▸ 4 useful person you know ▸ 5 electrical machine part 1. ) count or uncount communication between people, countries, or organizations either by talking or …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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