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to fuck with

to fuck with

225 9.9
To mess with someone's things or plans on purpose to cause trouble
  • phrasal verb
  • /fʌk wɪð/
  • Offensive
translation icon : joder a
  • NICK: Look, why are you fucking with me like this?
  • fuck with people
  • don't fuck with
  • stop fucking with

You could fuck with me if you wanted to.

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Examples

  • Hey, next time you want to fuck with my daughter, don't.

  • Don't fuck with my plans; they are important to me.

  • There are ways to really fuck with people now here in America.

  • We move him next time, fuck with his head a bit more.

  • Do you know what we'll do to you if you fuck with us?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • "It's not nice to fuck with Mother Nature," she said.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • You need to be a special level of stupid to fuck with a fighter.

  • - Don't fuck with me, man.

  • Like don't let your family ever fuck with your vulnerable kids, OK?

  • Which you can imagine how climate change starts to fuck with things like Peach crops, right?

Synonyms

to mess
vsto fuck with
  • Informal
4.2

To handle something in a way that causes damage or problems

often implies deliberate meddling causing annoyance rather than accidental damage
to interfere
vsto fuck with
487 3.5

To get involved in a situation and make things not work as they should

is more about deliberately causing annoyance or disruption than simple hindrance
to disrupt
vsto fuck with
269 4.4

To interrupt normal activity and cause disorder

focuses more on meddling or tampering that annoys rather than only stopping progress
to tamper
vsto fuck with
113 4.9

To interfere with something without permission in a harmful or dishonest way

is more general and often simply annoys rather than implies dishonesty
to futz with
vsto fuck with
  • Informal
1 9.3

To touch or change something in a careless and unnecessary way

implies more aggressive interference often causing annoyance or disruption
to fuckle with
vsto fuck with
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To touch or change something carelessly, used in slang

is harsher and often intends to annoy or damage rather than casual tinkering
to play hob
vsto fuck with
  • Archaic
9.9

To cause problems and confusion in a plan or system

is usually cruder and suggests direct tampering to annoy

Antonyms

2.3

To avoid touching and disturbing a person, animal or object

How Interfering

to sabotage
164 7.1
to tamper
113 4.9
to mess
  • Informal
4.2
to fuck with
  • Offensive
225 9.9
to annoy
246 1.0
to bother
1.0

Surface Forms

fuck with infinitive
fucking with present participle
fucks with third person singular
fucked with past participle

Morphology

fuck + with

The meaning 'to interfere or tamper with' can be partially inferred from a colloquial extension of 'fuck' meaning 'to mess with, harm, or upset' combined with 'with' indicating involvement, so learners familiar with those uses may guess the sense. However, 'fuck' has highly variable senses and strong profanity/register issues, and the phrasal usage is idiomatic and not directly predictable from the common literal (sexual) sense, so full understanding without exposure is uncertain.

Etymology

Fuck with is an informal phrase made from the strong verb fuck plus the word with. Imagine someone roughly touching or changing your things without asking, so the image explains why it means 'to interfere with' or 'to mess with' someone or something.