accidentally on purpose
accidentally on purpose
Meaning:
- performing an action intentionally and pretending to either oneself or to the world that as an accident
- as if by accident, but really by meaning
Synonym:
Intended, prearranged, predetermined, pre-planned
Example:
- I hate this flower vase so much, some day I might drop it accidentally on purpose.
- Despite being so brilliant, how did he failed. I suspect he flunked accidentally on purpose
- She didn’t want to have any contact with him. So she deleted his phone number accidentally on purpose
- It seems Richard did not wanted to wear that shirt so he spilled ketchup over it accidentally on purpose
- There was no way those two met by coincidence. He was stalking her to meet accidentally on purpose.
- The way he got out in the cricket match accidentally on purpose, I am dead sure he is involved in match fixing.
Usage:
This phase is used to describe a situation where a person’s innocent mistake looks like a deliberate action.
Origin:
The origin of this phrase can be traced back to the 18th century. The first printed and maintained record can be found from The history of the famous preacher Friar Gerund de Campazas, by José Francisco de Isla, 1772:
Tell us what is Modesty of Voice, for you happened accidentally on purpose to drop this word, and I don’t rightly know what it signifies.
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I've heard it used where something was literally done by accident, and on purpose. If you shoot Bob, thinking that it was Tom, then you shot him on purpose (you intended to shoot the person you saw) but it was an accident that Bob was the victim. You accidentally shot him on purpose.
- H August 17, 2020
I personally have used this idiom to express the uncontrollable action of accidentally punching someone face when they won't stop tickeling me.
- Random girl looking for a word to explaine someone’s actions like always. December 13, 2019