suck it and see en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) Try it out.
THE old maxim for testing wild schemes is summed up in the immortal phrase “suck it and see”.
1980 August 21, “Suck it and see”, in New Scientist, volume 87, number 1215, →ISSN, Forum, page 609:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sucked it and saw | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| sucks it and sees | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sucking it and seeing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sucked it and seen | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |