English

fuck with

To interact with in a careless or inappropriate way.

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    Origin

    From fuck + with. In some senses, shortened from fuck around + with.

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    Lineage

    • partEnglishfuck “To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.”
      • inheritedMiddle English*fukken
        • inheritedOld English*fuccian
    • partEnglishfuck around “To fritter aimlessly or distractedly, to procrastinate, to waste time.”
    • partEnglishwith “Against.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishwiþ
        • inheritedOld Englishwiþ

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