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common touch

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the common touch
the ability of a rich or important person to communicate well with and understand ordinary people. It was always said of the princess that she had the common touch and that's why she was so loved by the people. He was a dedicated and brilliant leader but he lacked the common touch.
See also: common, touch

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Perhaps other joint efforts will follow, for Wilson clearly has high regard for Waits, and his common touch.
He displays the common touch in his Psalm against the Donatists by writing it in a style that the common people could understand and sing.
Evidence that I lacked the common touch continued to mount.
 
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