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kicking rocks

kicking rocks is the present participle and gerund of kick rocks.

Meaning of kick rocks

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang, dismissal) To leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).
    • If I hide my true self, then I cheat myself out of inner happiness. In my opinion, everyone can kick rocks if they can't accept me for who I am.2010 April, Ashley Rhodes, “Your Letters”, in Essence, volume 40, number 12

Questions about kicking rocks

What is kicking rocks the present participle and gerund of?
Kicking rocks is the present participle and gerund of kick rocks.

Words near kicking rocks in the dictionary

  1. kicking one's feet up
  2. kicking one's heels
  3. kicking out
  4. kicking out the jams
  5. kicking over
  6. kicking rocks
  7. kicking shit
  8. kicking some tail
  9. kicking some tires
  10. kicking someone when they are down
  11. kicking someone's arse

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