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kick it (third-person singular simple present kicks it, present participle kicking it, simple past and past participle kicked it)

1. (idiomatic) To casually spend time relaxing; to hang out.

   Synonym: kick with

   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 103:

     Pimp had been kicking it with one of the young jawns hanging around the apartment. She was real young and had bumpy skin and slum rings on every finger.

   • 2008 March 31, Estelle feat. Kanye West (lyrics and music), “American Boy”‎performed by Estelle:

     I really want to come kick it with you / You'll be my American boy

   • 2014 November 25, Beyoncé, Detail, Bobby Johnson (lyrics and music), “7/11”, in Beyoncé: Platinum Edition‎, performed by Beyoncé:

     Girl, I'm tryna kick it with ya, (girl) I'm tryna kick it with ya / Man, I'm tryna kick it with ya, my feet up, I kick it with ya

   • 2015 April 30, Alessia Cara (lyrics and music), “Here”‎:

     Truly, I ain't got no business here / But since my friends are here, I just came to kick it

   • 2019, Untamed [pseudonym], The View, Farmingdale, N.Y.: Urban Books, →ISBN, page 194:

     You know what you need? You need some time with an old friend. My lady has a couple of coworkers who are single and bad. Let's kick it at my house for old time's sake, and when she gets home, I'll have her call up one of them.

2. (slang) To perform in an impressive manner, especially musically.

   You guys really kicked it at the concert last night!

3. (slang) To kick the bucket; to die.
   • 2021, Kristen Ashley, Chasing Serenity:

     Rix grinned and tried to joke. “Because you'll already own a city block and then inherit the state of New York when your old man kicks it?”

4. (idiomatic, intransitive, informal) To rid oneself of a bad habit or addiction, especially to narcotics.