fuck around and find out en · VERB
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Meanings
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action.
In essence, it was a dare to both Senate Republicans and the Supreme Court itself: fuck around and find out.
2020, Mark Joseph Stern, “Unpacking Joe Biden's Court Packing Position”, in Slate:Debuting on Soulelection's new Beats 1 program, the new track titled "B's & H's" was produced by Fisticuffs and is a sultry warning to any "bitches and hoes" who don't even know what they're in for with a guy who's "gonna fuck around and find out".
2016, Corbin Reiff, “Jhené Aiko Calls Out Unfaithful Men on 'B's & H's'”, in Complex:“A'ight, you keep on waiting. She gon' fuck around and find out on her own”.
2014, Keisha Ervin, Reckless 2: Nobody's Girl, page 22:
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To engage in trial and error or experimentation, especially when it involves serious risk.
What makes fucking around and finding out into science is that you write down your findings.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| fucks around and finds out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fucking around and finding out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fucked around and found out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fucked around and found out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
step on a rake · live by the sword, die by the sword · get what's coming to one · hoist by one's own petard · play stupid games, win stupid prizes · what goes around comes around · trial and error · find out the hard way · you reap what you sow
Synonyms
Translations (4)
es siembras lo que recoges (to experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action) · es sembrar vientos y recoger tempestades (to experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action) · pl igrać z ogniem (to experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action) · ru довыёбываться (to experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action)