Phrase guide

tune in, turn on, drop out

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

To pay attention to the new way of living; to go within yourself, to take drugs; to abandon the established ways and cease conforming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

A counterculture slogan that first appeared in the 1960s and popularized by Timothy Leary and attributed to Marshall McLuhan.