Kick a habit
Also, kick it; kick the habit. Overcome or give up habitual use, especially of narcotics. For example, Smoking is addictive; it’s not easy to kick, or If he doesn’t kick the habit, he may not make it through school. This idiom uses kick in the sense of “get rid of.” [ First half of 1900s ]
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- Kick ass and take names
verb phrase To behave very roughly and angrily; kick ass: screaming, berating, threatening, kicking ass and taking names/ Paschal ain’t gonna do nothing but kick ass and take names [1970s+ Army; fr the image of a rough and punitive police officer, drill sergeant, prison guard, etc]
- Kick-ass
[kik-as] /ˈkɪkˌæs/ adjective, Slang. 1. strikingly or overwhelmingly tough, aggressive, powerful, or effective: He finally built himself a kick-ass computer. adjective very effective adjective (also kick-butt or kick-yer-ass) Rough; powerful; rough-ass, tough: that kick-ass attitude/ gave up its last drop of kick-ass Gewurztraminer/ the only team without a kick-butt run blocker on their line noun […]
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noun phrase A turn; a chance: When the pages are pasted up, the Engraving Department gets its second kick at the cat/ Give everyone an opportunity to take a kick at whatever cat is up for study (1970s+)
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[kik-bawl] /ˈkɪkˌbɔl/ noun 1. a children’s game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated , as a soccer , is instead of being batted.