kick the habit

verb

To recover from or quit an addiction or habit.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person kicks the habit · participle present kicking the habit · participle past kicked the habit · past kicked the habit

  1. idiomaticTo recover from or quit an addiction or habit.

    I get it right / I kicked the habit / Shed my skin / This is the new stuff

    1986, Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”, in So

Translations

Dutch afkicken
  • afkickento quit an addiction
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APA

kick the habit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20the%20habit

MLA

“kick the habit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20the%20habit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kick the habit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20the%20habit.

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