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kick the habit

kick the habit verb: to recover from or quit an addiction or habit.

Verb

kick the habit (third-person singular simple present kicks the habit, present participle kicking the habit, simple past and past participle kicked the habit)

  1. (idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit.
    • I get it right / I kicked the habit / Shed my skin / This is the new stuff1986, Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”, in So

Forms of kick the habit

third-person singular presentkicks the habit
present participlekicking the habit
past participlekicked the habit
pastkicked the habit

Questions about kick the habit

What does kick the habit mean?
Kick the habit means to recover from or quit an addiction or habit.
What part of speech is kick the habit?
Kick the habit is a verb.
What is the past tense of kick the habit?
The past tense of kick the habit is kicked the habit.

Words near kick the habit in the dictionary

  1. kick tail
  2. kick the beam
  3. kick the bucket
  4. kick the can
  5. kick the can down the road
  6. kick the habit
  7. kick the shit out of
  8. kick the tires
  9. kick the tires and light the fires
  10. kick the tyres
  11. kick the wheels

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