The expression out of touch is used a lot in every day, colloquial English. This expression can mean a person is uninformed or ignorant of events or doesn’t know the developments of something or someone.
Here are some examples:
- My boss is so out of touch, he doesn’t realise that half his staff are stealing from him.
- He never watches the news, he is completely out of touch with current affairs around the world.
- The president’s speech highlighted how out of touch he is with the people in his country.
- Nowadays, children prefer to play video games instead of reading books. They are out of touch with all the great novels and writers we enjoyed when we were there age.
The expression out of touch can also be used when we want to say that we haven’t been in contact with someone for a long time or that we are uncontactable. Below are some helpful examples:
- James and Andrew have been out of touch for a long time, James didn’t even know that Andrew is married now with two children.
- How is Grace? I have been out of touch with her for a long time. What is she doing now?
- I’m sorry I have been out of touch. I have been very busy with work and I haven’t had a lot of time to socialise or catch up with people.
- She is travelling to London tomorrow and will be out of touch during her flight.
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