suck it and see

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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)

  1. (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).
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