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kick in the butt

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a kick in the butt
forceful encouragement to do something. She knows when we need a kick in the butt to get this done right. Luckily, you can add memory and give your computer a real kick in the pants without spending a ton of money.
Related vocabulary: a pat on the back
See also: butt, kick
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This really gave us a little kick in the butt," Greg Koenig said.
Skateboard ramps and equipment ripped off right before fundraiser by Thrasher
``Cruise Night is an absolute kick in the butt,'' said Sottile, 64, of Northridge.
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It's really a kick in the butt to say, "Good job serving five years in the United States Army, here's your Purple Heart for being wounded in a war that Bush started--oh, by the way, you have to go to another country to be married.
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