Region: General | Usage example: After the injury, she feared she had lost her touch.

Lose your touch

Meaning

No longer be as talented or successful as before.

Used when people seem to decline in skill.

Origin notes can vary by region and source; this page gives the commonly reported explanation and usage context.

Touches once used to describe intuitive feel for a craft.

Appears in 19th-century craft lore about fading mastery.