kick around

kick around
phrasal verb kick around or kick about
Word forms "kick around":
present tense I/you/we/they kick around he/she/it kicks around present participle kicking around past tense kicked around past participle kicked around informal
1) British
[transitive] to discuss an idea or suggestion in an informal way

We kicked around a few ideas.

2) British
kick someone around [transitive] to treat someone in an unkind and unfair way

He told reporters they wouldn't be able to kick him around any more.

3) British
kick around (something) [intransitive/transitive] if people are kicking around, or kicking around a place, they are in that place without any definite plans

Two friends and I decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days.

4) British
[intransitive] if something is kicking around, you have it but you are not sure exactly where it is

There's a box of matches kicking around somewhere.

5) British
[intransitive] if an idea or suggestion is kicking around, people know about it but no one is doing much about it

The idea of a new school gym has been kicking around for a while now.

6) British
[transitive] to kick a ball in a casual way without showing much enthusiasm or seriousness

The boys were kicking a ball around in the back yard.


English dictionary. 2014.

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