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kick to the kerb

kick to the kerb is the alternative form of kick to the curb.

Meaning of kick to the curb

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
    • And now the boys are lining up 'cause they hear we got swagger
      But we kick 'em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger.2009, Kesha, Tik Tok

Forms of kick to the kerb

third-person singular presentkicks to the kerb
present participlekicking to the kerb
past participlekicked to the kerb
pastkicked to the kerb

Questions about kick to the kerb

What is kick to the kerb the alternative form of?
Kick to the kerb is the alternative form of kick to the curb.

Words near kick to the kerb in the dictionary

  1. kick the wheels
  2. kick to
  3. kick to kick
  4. kick to kicks
  5. kick to the curb
  6. kick to the kerb
  7. kick to touch
  8. kick up
  9. kick up a fuss
  10. kick up a stew
  11. kick up dust

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kick to the kerb (page history and authors); kick to the curb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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