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kick the weed |
stop smoking, kick the habit (see kick a habit)of smoking
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It's hard to kick the weed after smoking for twenty years.
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kick up a fuss |
complain, make a scene
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Jon will kick up a fuss if he doesn't get paid on time.
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kick up your heels |
celebrate, go to parties, have fun
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After you've written your exams you can kick up your heels.
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kicking around |
lying around here; is here or there or somewhere near
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"Do you have a hammer?" "Ya, there's one kickin' around here somewhere."
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kid |
joke, fool, tease, josh
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I was kidding when I said the mosquitoes are as big as bats.
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kid you not |
tell the truth, not joke
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There were three large circles in the field, I kid you not.
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kill a penalty (hockey) |
prevent a goal while your player has a penalty
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Team Canada killed a penalty near the end of the game.
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kill an elephant |
do too much, do ten times more than necessary, overdo it
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He asked you to adjust the carburetor, not rebuild the motor. Don't kill an elephant!
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kill for |
do anything to get it, in the worst way
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Lea would kill for a date with Mat. She really likes him.
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kill me |
cause me to laugh a lot, crack me up
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Your jokes kill me. They're so funny I nearly die laughing.
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