the common touch
noun
: the ability of someone in a position of power or authority to attract the support of ordinary people
He is a politician with the common touch.
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Rhaenyra gets lessons in exercising the common touch from her new confidante and love interest, Mysaria, who once presided over a network of spies in low places at King’s Landing.
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Keplinger didn't have the common touch and might be seen as rather intellectual and privileged and aloof and out of touch.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Ending on an earnest note, O'Brien likened Sandler to Mark Twain in that both men's sense of humor had the common touch.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2023
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Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Keplinger didn't have the common touch and might be seen as rather intellectual and privileged and aloof and out of touch.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024
Ending on an earnest note, O'Brien likened Sandler to Mark Twain in that both men's sense of humor had the common touch.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2023
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“The common touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20common%20touch. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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