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Antonyms for kick over

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kik
Phonetic Transcription : kɪk

Definition of kick over

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees." "The doubts OED has about the Scandinavian origin of kick are probably unfounded" [Liberman]. Related: Kicked; kicking.
  • Figurative sense of "complain, protest, rebel against" (late 14c.) probably is from the Bible verse. Slang sense of "die" is attested from 1725 (kick the wind was slang for "be hanged," 1590s; see also bucket). Meaning "to end one's drug habit" is from 1936. Kick in "contribute" is from 1908; kick out "expel" is from 1690s. To kick oneself in self-reproach is from 1891. The children's game of kick the can is attested from 1891.
  • As in mutiny : verb defy, revolt
  • As in quit : verb stop doing something
Example sentences :
  • I've no business to look at 'em; but when I come to town I just kick over the traces.
  • Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • The horses that kick over the traces will have to be put in a corral.
  • Extract from : « In Our First Year of the War » by Woodrow Wilson
  • She's not meant for this humdrum place, and she may kick over the traces.'
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • When she thought of it, she felt inclined to kick over the traces.
  • Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne
  • Some horses show off better with it, and some are enraged and kick over the traces.
  • Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • He is inclined to kick over the traces, but I'll whip him in a little.
  • Extract from : « Ravenshoe » by Henry Kingsley
  • Id just like to kick over that sign, Cleo whispered to Louise.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong » by Lillian Garis
  • The horses that kick over the traces will have to be put in corral.
  • Extract from : « President Wilson's Addresses » by Woodrow Wilson
  • She is angry—she doesn't know what we mean—she'll kick over the milk!
  • Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy
  • So there were no more "fool thoughts" as to how a man might "kick over the traces."
  • Extract from : « The Vehement Flame » by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

Synonyms for kick over

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