10 reach an amount especially British English to reach a particular amount or level At the time, the unemployment rate was touching 10 percent and rising. No school would touch a teacher who had been convicted of assault. 7 → not touch something 8 → not touch somebody/something 9 deal with somebody/something DEAL WITH to become involved with or deal with a particular problem, situation, or person He was the only lawyer who would touch the case. It’s a long time since I’ve touched a piano. 6 use TOUCH to use or handle something The law doesn’t allow him to touch any of the money. He was often touched by doubt (=doubt affected him ). Unemployment remains an evil that touches the whole community. → touched, touching 1 5 have an effect EFFECT/INFLUENCE to have an effect on someone or something, especially by changing or influencing them He has touched the lives of many people. She could sense his concern and it touched her. 3 → touch something to something 4 affect somebody’s feelings EFFECT/INFLUENCE to affect someone’s emotions, especially by making them feel sympathy or sadness Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world. You can also say: Their hands touched each other. In this sentence, touch is intransitive and does not have an object.
It does not need to have an object: Their hands touched. This type of verb is used when saying that two or more people or things do something that involves both or all of them. GRAMMAR: Reciprocal verbs Touch is a reciprocal verb. 2 no space between TOUCH if two things touch, or one thing touches another thing, they reach each other so that there is no space between them As our glasses touched, he said ‘Cheers!’ Her dress was so long that it was touching the ground. touch somebody on the arm/leg etc A hand touched her on the shoulder. If your house has been burgled, you shouldn’t touch anything until the police arrive.
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