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If you k___ a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing.If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing.
She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value.
I've kicked cigarettes and booze.
word kick
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verb
If you kick someone or something, you hit them forcefully with your foot.
He kicked the door hard.
He threw me to the ground and started to kick.
He escaped by kicking open the window.
The fiery actress kicked him in the shins.
An ostrich can kick a man to death.
He suffered a kick to the knee.
When you kick a ball or other object, you hit it with your foot so that it moves through the air.
I went to kick the ball and I completely missed it.
He kicked the ball away.
A furious player kicked his racket into the grandstand.
After just one kick from England, the referee blew his whistle.
If you kick or if you kick your legs, you move your legs with very quick, small, and forceful movements, once or repeatedly.
They were dragged away struggling and kicking.
First he kicked the left leg, then he kicked the right.
He kicked his feet away from the window.
As its rider tried to free it, the horse kicked out.
If you kick your legs, you lift your legs up very high one after the other, for example when you are dancing.
He was kicking his legs like a Can Can dancer.
She begins dancing, kicking her legs high in the air.
If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing.
She's kicked her drug habit and learned that her life has value.
I've kicked cigarettes and booze.
noun
If something gives you a kick, it makes you feel very excited or very happy for a short period of time.
I got a kick out of seeing my name in print.
inflections kickskickingkicked
cefr-level B1

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