suck it and see
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suck it and see (third-person singular simple present sucks it and sees, present participle sucking it and seeing, simple past sucked it and saw, past participle sucked it and seen)
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Try it out.
- 1980 August 21, “Suck it and see”, in New Scientist, volume 87, number 1215, →ISSN, Forum, page 609:
- THE old maxim for testing wild schemes is summed up in the immortal phrase “suck it and see”.
Usage notes edit
This phrase is most commonly used as a derisive retort, often by children.
References edit
- Partridge, Eric (1984). A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Thompson Press (India).