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kick ass and take names

kick ass and take names verb: to beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

Verb

kick ass and take names (third-person singular simple present kicks ass and takes names, present participle kicking ass and taking names, simple past kicked ass and took names, past participle kicked ass and taken names)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar) To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.
    • We kick ass and take names and call muster.1987, Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline, page 394
    • Hell, I thought, if I were wearing that star, I'd kick ass and take names and have this place turned upside down in a week.1990, David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman, About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior, page 217

kick ass and take names meaning in Bengali

kick ass and take names in Bengali

কোনো প্রতিযোগিতা

Forms of kick ass and take names

third-person singular presentkicks ass and takes names
present participlekicking ass and taking names
pastkicked ass and took names
past participlekicked ass and taken names

Questions about kick ass and take names

What does kick ass and take names mean?
Kick ass and take names means to beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.
What is kick ass and take names in Bengali?
Kick ass and take names in Bengali is কোনো প্রতিযোগিতা. See Kick ass and take names meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is kick ass and take names?
Kick ass and take names is a verb.
What is the past tense of kick ass and take names?
The past tense of kick ass and take names is kicked ass and took names.

Words near kick ass and take names in the dictionary

  1. kick and bucks
  2. kick around
  3. kick arounds
  4. kick arse
  5. kick ass
  6. kick ass and take names
  7. kick at an open door
  8. kick at the can
  9. kick at the cat
  10. kick back
  11. kick backs

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