I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a match kicks off (= it starts )
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The match kicks off at 3.30 pm.
alive and kicking
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The sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.
break/kick a habit (= stop doing something that is bad for you )
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I’ve smoked for years, but I really want to kick the habit.
free kick
kick a ball
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Greg kicked the ball upfield to Will.
kick a penalty (= in rugby )
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Jon Bland kicked a penalty to make it 6–3.
kick your shoes off (= take them off by moving your legs )
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Maria kicked off her shoes and sat down.
penalty kick
place kick
pull/kick/slam sth shut
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He pulled the trapdoor shut over his head.
stab/beat/kick sb to death
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He was stabbed to death in an attack outside his home.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Throughout all of this Manchester United has been kicked around like a football.
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He believed they understood what it was like to be kicked around by white men.
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For a guy like me to hang around kicking his heels ain't natural.
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Being kicked around can be a real eye opener.
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Children whom everyone was too exhausted to stop were kicking around an empty fizzy-drink can.
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Civic promotion is an idea that had been kicked around before.
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Journalists have always had inflight magazines to kick around .
back
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Trent spun as he dropped, right leg kicking back .
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The bowing, the way he twirls and tosses the instrument, the way he kicks back his head.
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Almost immediately it became clear that the river was kicking back at the abuse it was receiving.
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One strength of MusicTeller is its ability to kick back a commission to the stores that choose to install it.
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We have to be ready to sock them in the mouth, to kick back when they kick us.
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So, hey, kick back .
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On Saturdays, according to my datebook, I can kick back at 4: 45.
off
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He tossed away the sketch, kicked off his sandals, then pulled off his socks and rolled up his trouser legs.
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Safety adviser Vic Earle was on hand to present the equipment to the team before the season kicked off .
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We can also kick off another session of questions about the job White is doing.
out
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Immigration officials said other foreign journalists would also be kicked out of the country, but they did not give details.
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Elizabeth and her children were kicked out of the Wartburg castle by the in-laws.
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She kicked out , catching him on the wrist.
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Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them, like men carrying out a complex fitness programme.
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But Ian Harte had to go after kicking out at Dennis Bergkamp two minutes before half-time.
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Then they kicked out the hardened leg and let it fall on its face.
up
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His bullet-stream pecked at the ground, kicking up little fountains of dust.
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Women in white boots, short shorts and frilly cowgirl outfits kicked up their heels on it.
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It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.
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And off he went at a run, heels kicking up .
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Guy's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile.
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Scuffling feet kick up a fine powder that covers the children and everything else.
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
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It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
■ NOUN
ball
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On the ball ... Bobby kicks soccer hopefuls into shape.
bucket
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Jinny was so startled that she nearly kicked the bucket over.
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Sometimes we were, some-times the drunk soldiers laughed as they kicked over our buckets .
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If Primrose was in a black mood she would like as not kick the bucket over.
butt
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While he spreads his malicious malpractice throughout time, you've been chosen to kick his butt .
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They tease you with the 3 and kick your butt with the two.
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Then we went out and they kicked our butts all over the court.
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I was gon na kick his butt .
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And this time, he aims to kick some earthling butt .
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You learn from them by getting them to kick your butt .
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We came back and kicked their butt .
football
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Throughout all of this Manchester United has been kicked around like a football .
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It's a natural activity; running, jumping, kicking footballs .
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In the street Dexter watched three kids start to kick a football against a brick wall.
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A few weeks before this same figure had been seen kicking a football with Romario.
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He rounded a corner, passing three children kicking a football back and forth across the road.
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If they beat Halifax, then the Yorkshire side are kicked out of the football league.
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Philip watched as the wigwam boy kicked a football at the snowman.
goal
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But Wasps pegged away and when Ashurst was careless with his feet, Pilgrim kicked the penalty goal .
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Gary Anderson kicked a 46-yard field goal to put the 49ers up, 20-7, one minute before halftime.
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The first three times they got inside the Saints' 20-yard line, Jeff Wilkins kicked field goals .
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Schofield kicked his third goal and the side threatened with relegation after only three victories was looking unstoppable.
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Wilkins kicked a 35-yard field goal .
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Gloucester were offside at the ruck and Barnes kicked the goal .
habit
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But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit .
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A: Not unless you plan on kicking the movie habit .
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Once the motivation to stop arises, it is not so difficult to kick the habit .
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Do I have tolerance for a crack addict who does little to kick the habit ?
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There too a twenty year old who has managed to kick a habit that was leading him down a dangerous path.
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After finally getting her to the hospital, the guys resolve to kick the habit .
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Wally Reid was actually keen to kick the habit .
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Men, however, do not tend to kick the tobacco habit .
heel
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Masha, in a comfortable chair, kicked off her high heels and drew her legs under her flower-patterned skirt.
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She deserves to kick up her heels .
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That has set Crosby into conflict with Murray and left Armstrong kicking his heels instead of a football.
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Women in white boots, short shorts and frilly cowgirl outfits kicked up their heels on it.
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My son, I began to fear, was still kicking his heels on a fog-bound airport in Birmingham.
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For a guy like me to hang around kicking his heels ain't natural.
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But perhaps you too are kicking up your heels elsewhere by now.
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BThey kicked up their heels , spun, twirled and got down till dawn.
leg
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This is done as he lifts his rear leg to kick the attacker.
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The townspeople pulled at his arms and legs , twisting, kicking , punching.
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Skip, crossing one leg in front and kicking the other leg out to the side.
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Alternate legs , kicking them as high as possible.
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She fell and lay there on the floor, her legs kicking impotently.
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Trent spun as he dropped, right leg kicking back.
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Skip, crossing over legs in front and kicking them as high as possible to either side.
shoe
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I kicked off my shoes and changed clothes.
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Jack is down and so is Fogarty, so put on your kicking shoes , folks.
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While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch, kicked off her shoes and curled up.
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On the train they stay in their seats, kick their heavy shoes off, and sleep.
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To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes .
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I took a couple of Tylenol with codeine, kicked my shoes off, and crawled into the folds of my quilt.
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Jack had kicked off his shoe beneath the table and as they ate his bare foot had lain between Polly's legs.
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White kicked off her shoes and the audience howled, for under her fishnet stockings were toes stuck with corn plasters.
■ VERB
try
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I try to kick away but can not move my feet.
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One was trying to kick his way into this flat.
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She tried to kick him, but he only grinned more widely.
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He tried to kick his legs free, but their grips were firm and his efforts made them laugh even louder.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beat/kick etc the shit out of sb
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I had to pretend, because he was beating the shit out of me.
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Like in the Teamsters, where they beat the shit out of people in parking lots.
cause/kick up/make etc a stink
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .
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It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .
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It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
kick out the jams
kick/hit a man when he's down
make a fuss/kick up a fuss (about sth)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He was dragged kicking and screaming into a waiting police car.
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I could feel the baby kicking inside me.
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One boy lay on the floor, kicking and screaming.
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One of the gang kicked him in the stomach.
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Some jerk was kicking the back of my seat the entire flight.
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The boy behind me kept kicking my chair.
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Who kicked the ball over the fence?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if you gave them any grief at all, they said they would just kick her out.
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He believed they understood what it was like to be kicked around by white men.
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He just kept right on kicking Pikey, and Pikey kept right on taking it.
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Men, however, do not tend to kick the tobacco habit.
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Michael kicked him in the back, the force of the blow sending Tommy across the dirt-strewn floor.
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Next came his three younger sisters whom he began to terrorise - biting, kicking and scratching them.
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That means sales of anywhere from 10, 000 to 30, 000 copies are needed before profits kick in.
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They retailed around £38-£45, depending on the model, and for sound kicked the shit out of my Levin.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
free
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Lee King floated home a simple free kick for the third on 29 minutes.
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I ve seen a few free kicks on the Glory Years.
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Refereee Kevin Breen ordered a Chester free kick to be retaken after 35 minutes when Coughlin failed to retreat 10 yards.
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The visitors were awarded a free-kick more than 30 yards out.
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Wright knocked the free kick head high across goal and Wilkinson escaped his marker to nod home at the far post.
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Keeper Sansome blocked the free kick but Gee hammered in the rebound.
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Another free kick was almost a repeat of the Wimbledon one, only approx 4 inches wide.
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This time Stewart ran in unmarked at the far post to score with a downward header from Jan Molby's free kick .
real
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I get a real kick out of it and thoroughly enjoy doing it.
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But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up.
■ NOUN
corner
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The Hibs defence, moving out after a corner kick , left Robertson completely clear on the left.
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The win featured a 15-yard bicycle-kick by Hayden Brown off a deflected corner kick .
penalty
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It was undeniably dead. perhaps it had been stunned by a penalty kick from a crack centre-forward.
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As it is, a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match.
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It should be pointed out that a deliberate knock-on can still be penalised by a penalty kick .
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Laws 26.2a states that any law which is wilfully broken can lead to a penalty kick .
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It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick .
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He hit the right post with a penalty kick and the ball bounced almost square to the left.
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After fooling Knight with his now-customary shuffle, he screwed the penalty kick embarrassingly wide.
spot
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But Marshall's spot kick was well saved by keeper Bobby Mimms.
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But Sheffield, who had survived two spot kick claims against goalkeeper Alan Kelly and full-back Ward, simply redoubled their efforts.
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Candlish's spot kick was well saved by Prentice but Loughery followed up to blast the rebound into the net.
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Unfortunately for the visitors assistant manager Jim Duffy blasted the resultant spot kick over the bar.
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Demmollari took the spot kick , Wright parried and substitute Tlis Shulkai headed over the rebound.
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Ullathorne was booked for dissent and Wright coolly converted the spot kick himself.
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But Blackburn's £1.1 million striker fired his spot kick high and wide.
■ VERB
aim
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He aimed a hefty kick at the door, and there was a splintering sound as wood gave way to metal.
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Had to strike him hard and step back, aiming a kick to the stomach to disable him.
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Walsh received his marching orders 75 seconds into the second half after aiming a kick at Lucchese's Roberto Marta.
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He threw the sweater to the ground as he walked away, and aimed a kick at it.
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Also train on the punch bag, aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible.
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In the vacant dark Jezrael aimed another kick , blindly.
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Rincewind aimed a kick at it, and missed.
deliver
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Fox delivered an angled kick caught by Ieuan Evans, who was instantly wrapped up by Bunce.
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He delivered a karate kick to Christopher's face.
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He delivered a great kick backwards at Terry Place's shins, the edge of his boots like iron.
take
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Barnes put the Lions in front before Hastings took over the kicks after the interval.
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Anthony should be higher cos he takes free kicks .
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Coming through the door off - balance, taking the deflected kick - he'd absorbed that.
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Demmollari took the spot kick , Wright parried and substitute Tlis Shulkai headed over the rebound.
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I take a kick at him.
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Sutter took the kick himself and Adrian Knup rose unchallenged to head down and past the stranded Goram.
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He even tries to look cool when taking his free kick .
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He takes a quick kick dead straight towards goal ... which shearer runs on to and scores.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
beat/kick etc the shit out of sb
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I had to pretend, because he was beating the shit out of me.
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Like in the Teamsters, where they beat the shit out of people in parking lots.
cause/kick up/make etc a stink
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .
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It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .
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It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.
drag sb kicking and screaming into sth
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Mim will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
haul off and hit/punch/kick sb
kick out the jams
kick/hit a man when he's down
make a fuss/kick up a fuss (about sth)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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And what a tremendous kick that was - straight into the goal from 200 yards.
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Bahr's kick went just to the left of the goal post.
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One karate kick can kill someone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andy Stevenson's powerful strike as half time approached was followed by an injury time free kick from Ian Helliwell.
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As it is, a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match.
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It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick .
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Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game, Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear.
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So Muster gave it a swift karate kick .
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The length of time you hold it down determines the strength of the kick .