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kick back
verb
1. pay a kickback; make an illegal payment (Freq. 1)
Derivationally related forms: ↑kickback
Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law-breaking
Hypernyms: ↑pay
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something to somebody

2. spring back, as from a forceful thrust (Freq. 1)
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The gun kicked back into my shoulder

Syn: ↑recoil, ↑kick
Derivationally related forms: ↑kick (for: ↑kick), ↑recoil (for: ↑recoil)
Hypernyms:
bounce, ↑resile, ↑take a hop, ↑spring, ↑bound, ↑rebound, ↑recoil, ↑reverberate, ↑ricochet
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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(N. Amer. informal)
RELAX, unwind, take it easy, rest, slow down, let up, ease up/off, sit back; N. Amer. informal chill out, hang loose.
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I. intransitive verb
1. : to recoil upon one usually in an unexpected way

his accusations kicked back and he found himself in jail

2. : to pay a kickback

forced to kick back out of every paycheck

transitive verb
1. : to restore (something stolen) to the owner
2. : to give back (money) as a kickback

asked to kick a dollar back each week

II. intransitive verb
: to assume a relaxed position or attitude ; also : to spend time relaxing : take it easy

spent two weeks just kicking back at home

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kick back
1. (of a machine, esp a gun) to react strongly, to recoil
2. To relax (N American informal)
3. To pay as a kickback (informal)
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Main Entry:kick

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ˌkick ˈback [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they kick back he/she/it kicks back present participle kicking back past tense kicked back past participle kicked back] informal phrasal verb
to relax

At 5:00 we can kick back and forget about work.

Thesaurus: to rest, relax or do nothingsynonym
Main entry: kick

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kick back «KIHK BAK», verb.
–intransitive verb.
1. to spring back suddenly and unexpectedly: »

The gun kicked back with great force.

2. Informal. to relax, unwind or take it easy: »

the local watering-hole where semiconductor scientists kicked back at the end of their long days.

–transitive verb.
1. Informal. to return (a stolen item) to its owner: »

The thief kicked back the wallet but kept the money.

2. Informal. to return (a portion of money received as a fee), often as the result of coercion or a previous arrangement: »

Most of their…salaries could be kicked back into his million-dollar slush fund (Newsweek).

kick|back «KIHK BAK», noun.
1. Slang. the amount or portion returned, especially as a fee. If you were paid $150 a month and paid back $50 a month to your employer, the $50 would be a kickback. »

Waterfront Commission continued its investigation into alleged gambling and kickback by longshoremen (New York Times).

2. Slang. a returning of stolen goods.
3. a sudden violent or vigorous reaction, usually unexpected: »

Sometimes you don't realize that an apparently simple thing may have a political kickback (Maclean's).

[American English < kick + back2]

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informal be at leisure; relax

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kick back [phrasal verb]
chiefly US informal : to relax and enjoy yourself

After work, he likes to kick back and watch some TV.

I spent the weekend just kicking back.

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Main Entry:kick

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ˌkick ˈback derived
(especially NAmE) to relax

Kick back and enjoy the summer.

Main entry:kickderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.