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touch grass
[tuhch gras]
idiom
to go outside; enjoy nature (used especially as an exhortation to spend less time on electronic devices).
More people need to go touch grass and get off their devices for a while.
Enough doomscrolling already—touch grass!
So which generation in the group went out to touch grass, and which one is staying tied to the screens?
to engage with reality or real life.
Like many academics who fail to touch grass or experience non-collegiate humans on a daily basis, he refers to “common experience” but has no idea what it is.
Go touch grass and get a credible education that will actually help you in life!
Word History and Origins
Origin of touch grass1
Example Sentences
“Touch grass” has become a common refrain in the digital age, a reminder to the terminally online to go outside and experience the real world, if only briefly.
After Charlie Kirk was killed, he urged Americans to "log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out and do good in the community".
“Touch grass” has become a generation’s cultural shorthand to describe both the isolation and cure for people who seem so deep into a virtual world that the real one has lost meaning.
Our boys don’t just need to touch grass, they need to be around men who don’t seek to impose values, but teach them how to craft their own, how to believe in themselves before they believe in something someone is selling.
“I would encourage people to log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member, go out and do good in your community.”
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