- kick (something)
- Verb. To give up (something), usually referring to the giving up of addictive drugs.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
kick (something)
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kick something around — (or about) discuss an idea casually or idly * * * ˌkick sth aˈbout/aˈround derived (informal) to discuss an idea, a plan, etc. in an informal way • We ll kick some ideas around and make a decision tomorrow. Main entry: ↑k … Useful english dictionary
kick something into touch — british phrase to stop discussing an idea, suggestion, problem etc because it is clear that you cannot achieve or solve it That issue has now been kicked into touch. Thesaurus: to stop talking, or to not say anythingsynonym Main entry: kick … Useful english dictionary
kick something in N. Amer. — kick something in N. Amer. informal contribute something, especially money. → put the kibosh on … English new terms dictionary
kick something around — kick (something) around to discuss something. I don t know who will be on the committee, but we ve kicked a lot of names around. Black intellectuals have been kicking around the idea since the beginning of the twentieth century … New idioms dictionary
kick something around (or about) — discuss an idea casually or experimentally. → put the kibosh on … English new terms dictionary
kick something into the long grass — If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored … The small dictionary of idiomes
kick something up — ˌkick sthˈup derived to make sth, especially dust, rise from the ground Main entry: ↑kickderived … Useful english dictionary
kick something in — informal contribute something, esp. money if you subscribe now we ll kick in a bonus … Useful english dictionary
kick (something) — Verb. To give up (something), usually referring to the giving up of addictive drugs … English slang and colloquialisms
kick something about — ˌkick sth aˈbout/aˈround derived (informal) to discuss an idea, a plan, etc. in an informal way • We ll kick some ideas around and make a decision tomorrow. Main entry: ↑kickderived … Useful english dictionary
