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boot

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kick against something

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  • oppose
  • resist
  • complain about
  • object to
  • protest against
  • spurn
  • rebel against
  • grumble about
  • gripe about

kick off

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kick someone off something

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  • dismiss from
  • ban from
  • exclude from
  • bar from
  • discharge from
  • exile from
  • banish from
  • evict from
  • oust from
  • expatriate from
  • blackball from
  • throw you out of
  • send packing from
  • turf you out
  • show you the door out of

kick someone out

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kick something around

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Synonyms for kick

to express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment

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to express opposition, often by argument

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to desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example)

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kick around: to speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about

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kick in: to give in common with others

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kick out: to put out by force

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an expression of dissatisfaction or a circumstance regarded as a cause for such expression

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a stimulating or intoxicating effect

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a strong, pleasant feeling of excitement or stimulation

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a temporary concentration of interest

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a clever, unexpected new trick or method

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Synonyms for kick

the act of delivering a blow with the foot

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the swift release of a store of affective force

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the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

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informal terms for objecting

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the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)

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a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

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drive or propel with the foot

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thrash about or strike out with the feet

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spring back, as from a forceful thrust

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References in periodicals archive ?
``They needed a kick up the backside and to be fair they responded well.
Football: MATHIAS: WE NEEDED OUR BACKSIDES KICKING
I was just going through the motions, but that decision was a kick up the backside.
Football: Molby's shock tactics prove key for Bennett
"It gives everyone a kick up the backside that he is breathing over their shoulder or pushing the manager for a start.
ROB REVS UP BENT
Despite Gerrard's undoubted talent, Houllier felt the midfielder needed a kick up the backside, resulting in a short spell when he started games on the substitutes'bench.
Football: THEY CAN'T STOP STEVIE; Gerrard on up - Heskey
"I think he is on record as saying now and again I just needed a kick up the backside and he certainly gave me a kick up the backside.
Souness gave me kick start - Gillespie; FOOTBALL
READING'S Liberian hero Mass Sarr earned an undeserved point for his side after taking a kick up the backside from assistant boss Pat Bonner.
Football: Mass to the rescue
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