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kick when down

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kick someone when they're down

to do something bad to someone when you know they already have a lot of problems. His wife left him last month and I don't want to kick a man when he's down, but we simply don't have any more work for him.

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kick when down
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kid around
kidding
kids' stuff
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kill or cure
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