kicking rocks

A form of kick rocks — 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

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of kick rocks
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