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Re:A generation of American men give up on college by webnrrd2k on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @04:51PM (#28449777)
In the US it's usually called "half-assing it" or doing it half-assed.
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Re:A generation of American men give up on college by etripe on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @07:20PM (#28451038)
It's closer in meaning to "no one really knows what they're doing". Half-assing implies lack of effort. This expression implies lack of insight or direction.
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