fuck around and find out
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fuck around and find out (third-person singular simple present fucks around and finds out, present participle fucking around and finding out, simple past and past participle fucked around and found out)
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To experience the negative consequences of engaging in a risky course of action.
- 2014, Keisha Ervin, Reckless 2: Nobody's Girl, page 22:
- “A'ight, you keep on waiting. She gon' fuck around and find out on her own”.
- 2016, Corbin Reiff, “Jhené Aiko Calls Out Unfaithful Men on 'B's & H's'”, in Complex:
- 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".
- 2020, Mark Joseph Stern, “Unpacking Joe Biden's Court Packing Position”, in Slate:
- In essence, it was a dare to both Senate Republicans and the Supreme Court itself: fuck around and find out.