kick it

English

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Verb

kick it (third-person singular simple present kicks it, present participle kicking it, simple past and past participle kicked it)

  1. (idiomatic) To kick back; to relax.
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  2. (slang) To perform in an impressive manner, especially musically.
    You guys really kicked it at the concert last night!
  3. (slang) To kick the bucket; to die.
    • 2021, Kristen Ashley, Chasing Serenity:
      Rix grinned and tried to joke. “Because you'll already own a city block and then inherit the state of New York when your old man kicks it?”
  4. (slang) To hang out, associate.
    Synonym: kick with
    • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 103:
      Pimp had been kicking it with one of the young jawns hanging around the apartment. She was real young and had bumpy skin and slum rings on every finger.
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