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kick ass

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kick ass and kick butt
Sl. to actively motivate people to do something. It looks like I'm going to have to kick ass to get people moving around here.
See also: ass, kick

kick (somebody's) ass  (mainly American very informal!)
to punish someone or to defeat someone with a lot of force The General saw the conflict as a chance for the Marines to go in and kick ass. We want to go into the game and kick some ass.
See also: ass, kick

kick (somebody's) ass (rude)
1. to fight someone and hurt them kick (somebody's) butt “You do that again and I'm gonna kick your ass,” he yelled at the terrified boy.
2. to defeat someone completely kick (somebody's) butt I want to kick their ass, just like any other team we face on the field.
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kick (some) ass (and take names)

to threaten someone with physical violence (some) butt (and take names) Detectives had to kick some ass and take some names in order to get information from their sources on the street. Saying that our country is going to go in and kick ass and take names is the easy part - doing it could turn out to be a nightmare.
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kick ass (spoken)

to be very exciting or effective kick butt The DVD of that war movie truly kicks ass.
See also: ass, kick


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That once-proud pronouncement of their commander-in-chief, "Let's kick ass," cannot help now being viewed around the world as countenancing the torture of human beings in U.
The catalogue, which features a roundtable discussion among the artists, the curator, and a martial-arts instructor, should kick ass.
Fans of this long-running series wonder: Will this finally be the year that Bill Brochtrup gets to kick ass and have sex like everybody else on this show?
 
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