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View synonyms for kick back

kick back

  1. Return stolen property to the owner, as in The pawnbroker kicked back the paintings to the gallery . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s]

  2. Recoil unexpectedly and violently, as in This rifle kicks back a lot when you fire it . [Early 1800s]

  3. Pay back a part of one's earnings, as in The workers were forced to kick back half their pay to the agent . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1900s]



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Just pop a few bananas on a turntable and you've got yourself a casual kick back!

Grab your friends and get ready to kick back on a float, drink in hand.

Once back at the Raas, kick back and enjoy the pool with its one-of-a-kind view of Mehrangar.

Vacation is the time to kick back, relax…and have one hell of a party.

So kick back and celebrate the triumphs of the DNA Olympics.

You check up on a Rembrandt and you give your okay to a buyer and the dealer gives you a sweet kick-back.

Besides, he can kick back and I don't think any one has ever seen him duck or dodge.

It 'ud be a comfort to you to kick 'im—or any-think else weak and small wot didn't durst to kick back.

He had run away to sea as a boy, he'd been kicked all his life by the bucko mate into a state where he couldn't kick back.

De ole king needn't tink he can put his big foot on de people's neck, and dey not kick back.

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