kick someone's butt

A form of kick someone's ass — To clobber someone; to beat someone severely.

Meanings

verbkick someone's butt (third-person singular simple present kicks someone's butt, present participle kicking someone's butt, simple past and past participle kicked someone's butt)

present singular third person kicks someone's butt · participle present kicking someone's butt · participle past kicked someone's butt · past kicked someone's butt

  1. CanadaUSalternativeeuphemisticAlternative form of kick someone's ass.
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