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[kick it]{v. phr.}, {slang} To end a bad or unwanted habit such as drinking, smoking, or drug addiction. •/Farnsworth finally kicked it; he’s in good shape./
[kickoff]{n.} The start of something, like a new venture, a business, a sports event, or a concert season. •/Beethoven’s Ninth will be the kickoff for this summer season at Ravinia./
[kick off]{v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. •/John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. •/The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ •/The fund raising drive was kicked off with a theater party./ 3. {slang} To die. •/Mr. Jones was almost ninety years old when he kicked off./ Syn.: KICK THE BUCKET.
[kick oneself]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be sorry or ashamed; regret. •/When John missed the train, he kicked himself for not having left earlier./ •/Mary could have kicked herself for letting the secret out before it was announced officially./
[kick out] or [boot out]{v.}, {informal} To make (someone) go or leave; get rid of; dismiss. •/The boys made so much noise at the movie that the manager kicked them out./ •/The chief of police was booted out of office because he was a crook./ Syn.: THROW OUT(3).
[kick over]{v.} 1. Of a motor: To begin to work. •/He had not used his car for two months and when he tried to start it, the motor would not kick over./ 2. {slang} To pay; contribute. •/The gang forced all the storekeepers on the block to kick over $5 a week./ 3. {slang} To die. •/Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over this morning./
[kick over the traces] also [jump the traces]{v. phr.} To break the rules; behave badly. •/When their teacher was absent and they had a substitute, the children kicked over the traces./ Compare: ACT UP, CUT UP, LET LOOSE, OUT OF HAND, RAISE CAIN.
[kick the bucket]{v. phr.}, {slang} To die. •/Old Mr. Jones kicked the bucket just two days before his ninety-fourth birthday./ Compare: KICK OFF(3).
[kick up]{v.}, {informal} To show signs of not working right. •/John had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up./ •/After working well for a year the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up./
[kick up a fuss] or [kick up a row] or [raise a row] also [kick up a dust]{v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; make a disturbance. •/When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss./ •/When the teacher left the room, two boys kicked up a row./ Compare: RAISE CAIN, RAISE THE ROOF.
[kick up one’s heels]{v. phr.}, {informal} To have a merry time; celebrate. •/When exams were over the students went to town to kick up their heels./ •/Mary was usually very quiet but at the farewell party she kicked up her heels and had a wonderful time./
[kid] See: HANDLE WITH GLOVES or HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES, HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES or HANDLE WITHOUT KID GLOVES.
[kiddie car]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon} A school bus. •/Watch out for that kiddie car coming up behind you!/
[kill] See: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, IN AT THE KILL.
[kill off]{v.} To kill or end completely; destroy. •/The factory dumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the fish./ •/The president suggested a new law to Congress but many members of Congress were against the idea and they killed it off./ •/Mother made Nancy practice her dancing an hour every day; Nancy got tired of dancing and that killed off her interest./
[kill the goose that laid the golden egg] To spoil something that is good or something that you have, by being greedy. — A proverb. •/Mrs. Jones gives you an apple from her tree whenever you go by her house, but don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg by bothering her too much./
[kill time]{v. phr.} To cause the time to pass more rapidly; waste time. •/The plane trip to Hong Kong was long and tiring, but we managed to kill time by watching several movies./
[kill two birds with one stone]{v. phr.} To succeed in doing two things by only one action; get two results from one effort. •/Mother stopped at the supermarket to buy bread and then went to get Jane at dancing class; she killed two birds with one stone./ •/The history teacher told us that making an outline kills two birds with one stone; it makes us study the lesson till we understand it, and it gives us notes to review before the test./
[kilter] See: OUT OF KILTER.
[kind] See: IN A WAY also IN A KIND OF WAY, IN KIND.
[kindly] See: TAKE KINDLY TO.
[kind of] or [sort of]{adv. phr.}, {informal} Almost but not quite; rather. •/A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears./ •/Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job./ •/The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled./ •/Mary wouldn’t tell what she wanted to be when she grew up; it was sort of a secret./
[kindled spirits]{n. phr.} People who resemble each other in numerous ways, including their ways of thinking and feeling. •/They are kindred spirits; they both like to go on long walks in the forest./
[king’s ransom]{n. phr.} 1. An excessively large sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let someone go free. •/The Smith family had to pay a kings ransom for the freedom of their seven-year-old son, Tommy./ 2. An exorbitant fee one is forced to pay. •/The realtors exacted a king’s ransom for that choice lot on the comer./