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kicks one's heels

kicks one's heels is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Kicks one's heels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kick one's heels.

Words near kicks one's heels in the dictionary

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

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