fuck around and find out

fuck around and find out

English

Verb

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)

1. (intransitive) To engage in some course of action, and then experience the consequences of so doing.
   • 2014, Keisha Ervin, Reckless 2: Nobody's Girl", p. 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'", 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", Slate:

     In essence, it was a dare to both Senate Republicans and the Supreme Court itself: fuck around and find out.

See also

• trial and error