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kicked one's heels

kicked one's heels is the simple past and past participle of kick one's heels.

Meaning of kick one's heels

Verb

kick one's heels (third-person singular simple present kicks one's heels, present participle kicking one's heels, simple past and past participle kicked one's heels)

  1. (idiomatic) To wait; to wait impatiently or restlessly.
    • […] whether, in one single instance, any individual has been obliged to kick his heels in the lobby even for one minute, and whether the order was not instantly granted ?1830, The Edinburgh Literary Journal, volume 1, page 231
    Synonyms:
    be left kicking
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, heels.
    • The restless boy kicked his heels against the chair legs.

Questions about kicked one's heels

What is kicked one's heels the simple past and past participle of?
Kicked one's heels is the simple past and past participle of kick one's heels.

Words near kicked one's heels in the dictionary

  1. kicked like a mule
  2. kicked loose
  3. kicked off
  4. kicked on
  5. kicked one's feet up
  6. kicked one's heels
  7. kicked out
  8. kicked out the jams
  9. kicked over
  10. kicked rocks
  11. kicked shit

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