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kick at an open door

kick at an open door verb: to carry out a redundant activity.

Verb

kick at an open door (third-person singular simple present kicks at an open door, present participle kicking at an open door, simple past and past participle kicked at an open door)

  1. (idiomatic) To carry out a redundant activity.
    • Instead of making hard choices and hard decisions, the EU prefers to kick at an open door. By opting for easy policies, everyone agrees — simply because there is nothing to disagree with.2010, Derk Jan Eppink, Bonfire of bureaucracy in Europe

Forms of kick at an open door

third-person singular presentkicks at an open door
present participlekicking at an open door
past participlekicked at an open door
pastkicked at an open door

Questions about kick at an open door

What does kick at an open door mean?
Kick at an open door means to carry out a redundant activity.
What part of speech is kick at an open door?
Kick at an open door is a verb.
What is the past tense of kick at an open door?
The past tense of kick at an open door is kicked at an open door.

Words near kick at an open door in the dictionary

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

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