get a kick out of (someone or something)

get a kick out of (someone or something)

To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from someone or something. Even as an adult, I still get a kick out of building sandcastles at the beach. She really gets a kick out of doing wheelies on her motorcycle in front of an audience. I get a kick out of Janene—she's really hilarious.

See also: get, kick, of, out

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get a kick out of something

INFORMAL

If you get a kick out of something, you enjoy it very much. One seller admits she gets a kick out of tricking people. I suppose Americans get a kick out of watching a crazy Brit family like us make complete fools ourselves every week.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

get a ˈkick from/out of something

(informal) get a feeling of excitement, enjoyment, etc. out of something: She got a real kick from seeing her photo in the newspaper.

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get a kick out of someone/something

verb

See get a bang out of someone/something

See also: get, kick, of, out, someone, something

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

get a kick out of (something/someone), to

To derive pleasurable excitement from. This twentieth-century American expression achieved immortality in Cole Porter’s song, “I Get a Kick out of You” (from Anything Goes, 1934).

See also: get, kick, of, out, to

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