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Also, kick it ; kick the habit . Overcome or give up habitual use, especially of narcotics. For example, Smoking is addictive; it's not easy to kick , or If he doesn't kick the habit, he may not make it through school . This idiom uses kick in the sense of “get rid of.” [First half of 1900s]

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