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kick yourself

to be annoyed with yourself I could have kicked myself when I realized that all that work was a complete waste of time.

kick yourself

if you say that you'll kick yourself when or if something happens, you mean that you will feel angry with yourself because you have done something stupid or missed an opportunity You'll kick yourself when I tell you who came in just after you left. If I don't get one now and they've sold out by next week, I'll kick myself.

See kick up a stink

kick

1. n. a charge or good feeling (from something); pleasure or enjoyment from something. (see also get a kick out of someone/something.) That song really gives me a kick. I love it!

2. n. the jolt from a drug or a drink of strong liquor. The kick nearly knocked Harry over.

3. tv. to break a drug addiction voluntarily. (Drugs.) I knew I had the guts in me somewhere to kick juice.

4. n. a complaint. You got another kick, troublemaker?

5. in. to complain. Why are you always kicking?

6. Go to kicks.

kick

verb

See kick off

See:

• a kick at the can
• a kick at the cat
• a kick in the balls
• a kick in the butt
• a kick in the face
• a kick in the head
• a kick in the teeth
• a kick up the arse
• alive and kicking
• alive and well
• be alive and kicking
• be dragged kicking and screaming
• be kicked to the curb
• be kicked upstairs
• beat the shit out of someone
• boot or an animal out
• drag (someone) kicking and screaming
• for a kick-off
• for fun
• for kicks
• for kicks and for laughs; for giggles
• get a bang out of
• get a bang out of someone/something
• get a charge out of
• get a kick out of
• get a kick out of someone/something
• get kicked to the curb
• get kicks
• get one’s kicks
• get one’s kicks from someone/something
• get the crap kicked out of (someone)
• give a bang
• have a kick to it
• kick
• kick (someone or something) to the curb
• kick (something) into touch
• kick a habit
• kick about
• kick against
• kick against the pricks
• kick around
• kick aside
• kick ass
• kick at
• kick away
• kick back
• kick bollocks scramble
• kick butt
• kick cold
• kick cold turkey
• kick down
• kick down with something
• kick freak
• kick heels
• kick heels up
• kick in
• kick in the ass
• kick in the butt
• kick in the guts
• kick in the pants
• kick in the pants, a
• kick in the rear
• kick in the seat of the pants
• kick in the shins
• kick in the teeth
• kick in the wrist
• kick it
• kick like a mule
• kick off
• kick oneself
• kick out
• kick out of
• kick over
• kick over the traces
• kick party
• kick some ass
• kick some ass around
• kick some butt
• kick the bucket
• kick the can down the road
• kick the crap out of (someone)
• kick the habit
• kick the shit out of someone, knock the shit out of someone
• kick the stuffing out of
• kick the tires
• kick the wheels
• kick tires
• kick up
• kick up a fuss
• kick up a stink
• kick up a storm
• kick up heels
• kick up one's heels
• kick up the arse
• kick up the backside
• kick upstairs
• kick when down
• kick with the other foot
• kick-ass
• kick-ass on someone
• kicking and screaming
• kicks
• kick-start
• knock around
• live and kicking
• look for a dog to kick
• mad enough to kick a cat
• on a (subject or activity) kick
• turn over