touch grass

Verb

touch grass (third-person singular simple present touches grass, present participle touching grass, simple past and past participle touched grass)

1. (Internet, derogatory, often dismissal) To spend time outside, off of the Internet. Used in the imperative to suggest that someone is out of touch with reality, and should gain some real-world perspective.
   • Maybe their idle and petty chatter wouldn't devastate you if you would touch grass a bit more often.
   • Lifeboat isn't real life. Go outside. Touch grass. Or seaweed; whatever's down there.2022 January 9, Baxter, “Send them back to school!!”, in or.politics (Usenet)

   Synonyms:

   go outside

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see touch, grass.
   • Q: Can't you read?! My sign says to stay off the lawn! A: I didn't touch your grass, pal.