Word up – Kick


  • Kick start – begin e.g. a kick-starter meeting of an IT project.
  • Kick a habit – to stop doing something e.g. smoking.
  • Kick off – the start of a football match.
  • Kick in – begin to take affect – the medicine will kick in after 10-minutes.
  • To kick ass – use force to achieve your goal e.g.
    I need to kick some ass to make my sales team perform properly.
  • Kick ass -(adjective)- very good – I have a kick ass Gibson guitar.
  • Kick the bucket – die.