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fuck with

B2 slang inseparable transitive
In simple words

To bother or mess with something or someone, or to challenge someone in a dangerous way.

Meanings

1 B2 slang

To interfere with or tamper with something, especially when you should not.

"Don't fuck with the server settings unless you know exactly what you're doing."

Grammar: inseparable
2 B2 idiomatic slang

To provoke, challenge, or threaten someone, especially someone who is dangerous or powerful.

"I wouldn't fuck with him if I were you — he's connected to some very dangerous people."

Grammar: inseparable
3 B2 idiomatic slang

To deliberately confuse, deceive, or play psychological games with someone.

"Stop fucking with my head — just tell me the truth."

Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes

Always requires an object. Has a range of senses from meddling with objects, to provoking a dangerous person, to deliberately deceiving or manipulating someone. The sense 'don't fuck with me' is a threat implying the speaker is dangerous. Common in American English.

Commonly used with

don't never the settings the wrong person people's heads

Forms

Base
fuck with
I/you/we/they
3rd person
fucks with
he/she/it
Past simple
fucked with
yesterday
Past participle
fucked with
have + pp
-ing form
fucking with
continuous

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Synonyms

mess with tamper with meddle with provoke trifle with toy with

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