accidentally on purpose
Definition
› If you do something accidentally on purpose, you do it intentionally but pretend it happened by chance: I've never liked these glasses of Peter's. I might drop them one day - accidentally on purpose.Accidents and disastersDifficult situations and unpleasant experiencesFailuresPlanning, expecting and arrangingPlotting and trapping
(Definition of accidentally on purpose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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