kick it

present singular third person kicks it · participle present kicking it · participle past kicked it · past kicked it

1. idiomaticTo casually spend time relaxing; to hang out.

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

   2008 March 31, Estelle feat. Kanye West, “American Boy”performed by Estelle

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   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.

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

   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

   2014 November 25, Beyoncé, Detail, Bobby Johnson, “7/11”, in Beyoncé: Platinum Edition, performed by Beyoncé

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

   2015 April 30, Alessia Cara, “Here”

   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.

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

   Synonyms: kick with

2. slangTo perform in an impressive manner, especially musically.

   You guys really kicked it at the concert last night!

3. slangTo kick the bucket; to die.

   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?”

   2021, Kristen Ashley, Chasing Serenity

4. idiomaticinformalintransitiveTo rid oneself of a bad habit or addiction, especially to narcotics.