kick about/around
informal — phrasal verb with kick /kɪk/ verbDefinition
› If something is kicking around a place, it is somewhere in that place, not being used: There must be a copy of it kicking around the office somewhere.PresentAvailable and accessibleUnavailable and inaccessible
(Definition of kick about/around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all over somewhere idiom
- attendance noun (BEING PRESENT)
- attendance noun (PROVIDING HELP)
- attendant adjective
- be in at the kill idiom
- front noun (PLACE)
- here adverb
- in the flesh idiom
- knock about/around (sth) phrasal verb
- live adverb
- make your presence felt idiom
- not anywhere to be found idiom
- over adverb (ACROSS)
- person noun (HUMAN)
- present adjective (IN A PLACE)
- sit in phrasal verb (BE PRESENT)
- sit through sth phrasal verb
- to sb's face idiom
- turnout noun
- well attended adjective
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