touch grass

American  

[tuhch gras] / ˈtʌtʃ ˈgræs /

touch some grass

idiom

1. 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?

2. 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!

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Etymology

Origin of touch grass

First recorded in 2015–20

Example Sentences

You can take your shoes off and at least touch grass for a second.

From Los Angeles Times

And some days I have to go outside, outside of a theater and touch grass and be like, what is actually happening?

From Los Angeles Times

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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".

From BBC

“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.

From Los Angeles Times