kick about

kick about
1. transitive verb
1) [in der Gegend] herumkicken (ugs.)
2) (treat badly) herumstoßen; schikanieren
2. intransitive verb

be kicking about or around — (coll.) (be present, alive) rumhängen (ugs.); (lie scattered) rumliegen (ugs.)

* * *
kick about, kick around
I. vi (fam) [he]rumliegen fam
II. vt
1. (with foot)
to \kick about sth around [or about] etw [in der Gegend] herumkicken fam
to \kick about an idea around (fam) einen Gedanken hin und her bewegen, eine Idee von allen Seiten beleuchten [o BRD fam [ausführlich] bekakeln
to \kick about sb around [or about] jdn herumstoßen fam
to \kick about sth around [or about] etw herumliegen lassen fam
* * *
kick about, kick around umg
A v/t
1. jemanden herumkommandieren
2. jemanden, etwas herumstoßen, -schubsen
3. bereden, diskutieren über (akk)
B v/i
1. sich herumtreiben umg
2. herumliegen umg (Gegenstand)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) [in der Gegend] herumkicken (ugs.)
2) (treat badly) herumstoßen; schikanieren
2. intransitive verb

be kicking about or around — (coll.) (be present, alive) rumhängen (ugs.); (lie scattered) rumliegen (ugs.)


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