"suck it and see" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-suck it and see.ogg Forms: sucks it and sees [present, singular, third-person], sucking it and seeing [participle, present], sucked it and saw [past], sucked it and seen [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|suck<> it and see<,,saw,seen>}} 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. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Try it out. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal

Inflected forms

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