Synonyms for kick over the traces
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : treys |
Phonetic Transcription : treɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for kick over the traces Other synonyms for the word kick over the traces
- blow off steam
- carry on
- cut loose
- fool around
- go on a spree
- kick over the traces
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kid around
- lap up
- let go
- let loose
- live it up
- make merry
- make whoopee
- paint the town
- paint the town red
- rejoice
- relish
- riot
- roll
- rollick
- run around
- savor
- step out
- thrive
- wallow
- whoop it up
Définition of kick over the traces
Origin :- late 14c., "to make a plan or diagram," from Old French trasser "delineate, score, trace, follow, pursue" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tractiare "delineate, score, trace" (cf. Spanish trazar "to trace, devise, plan out," Italian tracciare "to follow by foot"), from Latin tractus "track, course," literally "a drawing out," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)).
- Meaning "to pass over" (a path, etc.) is attested from late 14c.; that of "track down, follow the trail of" is early 15c., from trace (n.1). Sense of "draw an outline of" is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "copy a drawing on a transparent sheet laid over it" is recorded from 1762. Related: Traced; tracing.
- As in roister : verb revel
Antonyms for kick over the traces
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