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What is another word for kicking around?

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Verb

Present participle for to consider or give serious or careful thought to

Present participle for to aimlessly move or drift from place to place

Present participle for to behave or spend time in a frivolous way

Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

Present participle for to inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon

(about a particular subject) Present participle for to express or communicate one's opinion or ideas with a person or a group of people

Present participle for to suppose or consider to be the case without firm evidence

Present participle for to entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

Present participle for to discuss (a subject), especially in a formal manner and with someone having an opposing view

Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude

Noun

Insulting and offensive language

Adverb

In an uncertain or unspecified location

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Present participle for to consider or give serious or careful thought to

turning over in one's mind

brooding on

judging

considering the pros and cons of

reasoning

chewing on

stewing over

beating one's brains out about

giving consideration to

putting on thinking cap

analysing^UK

analyzing^US

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

running up a flagpole

asking oneself

entertaining the idea of

hammering away at

sweating over

giving much thought to

taking into consideration

considering as an example

looking at as an example

giving some thought to

debating with oneself

taking under advisement

leaving no stone unturned

taking under consideration

conducting research into

doing research

conducting a survey of

cudgeling your brains

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“What he wants to do is bring together a group of people from backgrounds to sit down and kick around some ideas.”

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Present participle for to aimlessly move or drift from place to place

traveling^US

travelling^UK

going hither and thither

going off at a tangent

getting sidetracked

wandering aimlessly

dallying

getting off the point

getting some exercise

walking back and forth

pounding the pavement

socializing^US

busing^UK

bussing^US

socialising^UK

going on an excursion

going on a tour

going on an expedition

painting the town red

dragging along

moving slowly

getting no place fast

having a night on the town

going for a constitutional

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“I've always wanted to take a summer off and just kick around Europe for a couple of months.”

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Present participle for to behave or spend time in a frivolous way

gambolling^UK

gamboling^US

reveling^US

revelling^UK

letting your hair down

kicking up one's heels

diverting oneself

indulging in horseplay

playing the giddy goat

acting foolishly

acting crazy

engaging in high jinks

acting the giddy goat

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“The students would just kick around in class until a teacher finally showed up.”

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Present participle for to waste or spend time idly and unfruitfully

whiling away the time

idling away the hours

lollygagging

hanging round

sitting on one's hands

doing nothing in particular

sitting back and do nothing

mouldering^UK

moldering^US

whiling away the hours

temporizing^US

using delaying tactics

holding back

humming and hawing

hanging on

putting off doing something

temporising^UK

playing a waiting game

plodding

faltering

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“Guys like that acted as if they'd a right to kick around at home, but they knew what people thought.”

Verb

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Present participle for to inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

tyrannizing^US

terrorizing^US

tyrannising^UK

terrorising^UK

riding roughshod over

playing the heavy with

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

throwing your weight around

being in the saddle

swaggering

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

telling someone what to do

twisting someone's arm

putting pressure on

laying down the law

trampling underfoot

bringing someone to their knees

putting the frighteners on

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

brainwashing

prodding

holding a gun to one's head

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

putting under an obligation

gaining ascendancy over

criticizing^US

having someone under your thumb

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

criticising^UK

scaring the bejesus out of

finding fault

giving a hard time

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“As long as you're with me, I won't let anybody kick you around.”

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(about a particular subject) Present participle for to express or communicate one's opinion or ideas with a person or a group of people

putting your heads together about

deliberating about

chewing over

exchanging views about

exchanging views on

weighing up

considering the pros and cons of

weighing up the pros and cons of

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

expressing an opinion on

saying something about

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Verb

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Present participle for to suppose or consider to be the case without firm evidence

Verb

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Present participle for to entertain an idea or the possibility of doing something

entertaining the possibility of

having thoughts about

arguing the pros and cons of

Verb

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Present participle for to discuss (a subject), especially in a formal manner and with someone having an opposing view

counselling^UK

counseling^US

quarrelling^UK

quarreling^US

having an altercation

having words

falling out

going at it hammer and tongs

jumping on one's case

fighting like cat and dog

having a disagreement

picking someone's brains

tossing ideas around

kicking ideas around

putting heads together

talking to

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Verb

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Present participle for to forcibly impose obedience or servitude

Noun

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Insulting and offensive language

offence^UK

offense^US

character assassination

libeling^US

libelling^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

defamation of character

backhanded compliment

rumour^UK

misrepresentation of character

rumor^US

rap over the knuckles

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Adverb

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In an uncertain or unspecified location

in one place or another

to all intents and purposes

in the neighborhood of

for all practical purposes

as near as dammit

give or take a few

in substance

give or take a little

in the neighbourhood of

for the greatest part

in a manner of speaking

for all intents and purposes

in all important respects

for practical purposes

at the end of the day

above all

au fond

first of all

when all is said and done

when you get right down to it

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