kick around Idiom, Proverb

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kick around

lie around in a place I was tired on Saturday so I stayed home and kicked around in the morning.

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kick around|kick

v., informal 1. To act roughly or badly to; treat badly; bully. John likes to kick around the little boys. Mr. Jones is always kicking his dog around.
Synonym: PUSH AROUND. 2. To lie around or in a place; be treated carelessly; be neglected. This old coat has been kicking around the closet for years. The letter kicked around on my desk for days. 3. slang To talk easily or carelessly back and forth about; examine in a careless or easy-going way. Bob and I kicked around the idea of going swimming, but it was hot and we were too lazy.
Compare: TRY OUT, TALK OVER. 4. To move about often; go from one job or place to another; become experienced. Harry has kicked around all over the world as a merchant seaman.
Compare: HAS BEEN AROUND.

kick around

1. Literally, to bang an article to move it about repeatedly, usually as a anatomy of amusement. The action can be done with oneself, in which the article is about kicked with no accurate goal, or with one or added partners, in which the object, usually a ball, is kicked aback and forth. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes acclimated amid "kick" and "around." You appetite to go alfresco a bang a soccer brawl around? He's been out there blame about that old canteen for a bisected hour. You appetite to go ask him what's wrong?2. To again amusement one poorly, usually in a way that demeans or takes advantage of them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is sometimes acclimated amid "kick" and "around." Oh no, I'm not accepting kicked about anymore. I quit. I'm annoyed of you blame your sister about all the time! Be nice to her!3. To artlessly altercate something, about a plan or idea. We've been blame about the achievability of affective to Portland, but it's still aloof an idea. I appetite to alarm a affair breadth we can all bang about account after any limitations, and see what we can appear up with.4. To biking or move about an breadth accidentally or with common relocations. I was an army brat, so my ancestors kicked about Europe throughout my childhood. The bandage has been blame about in the Southwest for months, but the bout will booty them to the bank soon.5. To abide animate or artlessly break animate in old age. If I'm still blame about aback they ad-lib a hoverboard, I'm activity to try it, alike if it's aftermost affair I do. I can't accept Old Man Murphy is still blame around—he was old aback I was a kid!Learn more: around, kick

kick someone or something around

 
1. Lit. to bang someone, something, or some beastly with the bottom repeatedly. Billy is out in the alleyway blame a can around. Stop blame that dog around!
2. Fig. to amusement addition or article badly. I assuredly abdicate my job. My bang-up wouldn't stop blame me around. Stop blame my car around. It does aggregate I charge a car to do.Learn more: around, kick

kick something around

 
1. Lit. to move article about by blame it, as in play. Kick the brawl about awhile and again try to accomplish a goal. The boys kicked a can around, authoritative a lot of noise. Don't bang about all the dirt. You'll accomplish a mess.
2. . Fig. to altercate something; to babble about an idea. We got calm and kicked her abstraction around. Fred and Bob kicked about some plots for a new movie.Learn more: around, kick

kick around

1. Treat badly, abuse, as in I'm ailing and annoyed of actuality kicked about by my supervisor. [Colloquial; aboriginal bisected of 1900s]
2. Also, kick about. Move from abode to place, as in They spent three years blame about the country on their bikes, or We've no address; we're aloof blame about until we acquisition about to settle. [Colloquial; aboriginal 1800s]
3. Also, kick about. Consider, anticipate about or discuss; appraise or try out. For example, Let's bang this book about for a while and see what we appear up with, or We've been blame about assorted schemes to accomplish money. [Colloquial; aboriginal bisected of 1900s]
4. Be accessible or unused, as in This old computer has been blame about for months-no one seems to appetite it. [c. 1900] Learn more: around, kick

kick around

v.
1. To bang article aback and alternating casually: The players broiled up by blame the brawl around. The accouchement kicked about a soccer brawl on the playground.
2. To move from abode to abode accidentally or occasionally, usually aural some arena or place: Those old books accept been blame about the abode for years.
3. To accord anticipation or application to something; appraise or altercate something: We've been blame about the names that you gave us, but none seems adapted for the position. Chris and I accept kicked the abstraction around, and we both accede that we should buy a new car.
4. To altercation or annoyer someone: Don't let your colleagues bang you around—stand up for yourself! The seniors are consistently blame about the adolescent kids.
5. Slang To abide to be animate or active: My grandfathering is still blame about at the age of 80. Learn more: around, kick

kick around

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