K
Idioms beginning with "K"
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[kick down] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To shift an automobile, jeep, or truck into lower gear by hand-shifting.
Joe kicked the jeep down from third to second, and we slowed down.
[kick in the pants] or [kick in the teeth] {n. phr.}, {informal}
Unexpected scorn or insult when praise was expected; rejection.
Mary worked hard to clean up John's room, but all she got for her trouble was a kick in the teeth.
Compare: [SLAP IN […]
[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.
[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 […]
[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.
[…]
[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 […]
[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 […]
[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).