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KICK ABOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kick about mean? 

KICK ABOUT (verb)
  The verb KICK ABOUT has 1 sense:

1. be around; be alive or activeplay

  Familiarity information: KICK ABOUT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KICK ABOUT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be around; be alive or active

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

kick about; kick around; knock about

Context example:

Does the old man still kick around?

Hypernyms (to "kick about" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


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