kick rocks

verb

To leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).

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Meanings

verbkick rocks (third-person singular simple present kicks rocks, present participle kicking rocks, simple past and past participle kicked rocks)

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

  1. idiomaticslangdismissalTo leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).

    If I hide my true self, then I cheat myself out of inner happiness. In my opinion, everyone can kick rocks if they can't accept me for who I am.

    2010 April, Ashley Rhodes, “Your Letters”, in Essence, volume 40, number 12

    Synonyms: go away, beat it, get lost, pound sand

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).

Similar
go awaybeat itget lostpound sand
Also see
fleepound sandskedaddle

Translations

Dutch opzouten
  • opzoutendepart or run away, often used dismissively
German abzischen, verziehen
  • abzischendepart or run away, often used dismissively
  • verziehendepart or run away, often used dismissively
  • verpissendepart or run away, often used dismissively
  • verduftendepart or run away, often used dismissively
  • Leine ziehendepart or run away, often used dismissively
  • die Biege machendepart or run away, often used dismissively
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Chicago

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