kick up your heels

kick up (one's) heels

To enjoy oneself without restraint. Now that that big acquisition is finally over, we can kick up our heels and celebrate!

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kick up your heels

BRITISH

If you kick up your heels, you enjoy yourself a lot, for example at a party. Lucia was spotted kicking up her heels in the Tangiers Club. After years of working hard and raising all those children, I could kick up my heels and go entirely where I wanted to. Note: This refers to a horse that has been released into a field, as horses commonly do this as they gallop off.

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kick up your heels

have a lively, enjoyable time. chiefly North American

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kick up your ˈheels

(informal, especially American English) be relaxed and enjoy yourself: Now that he’s more confident in his job, perhaps he can kick up his heels and stop looking so worried all the time.

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The sandals aren't the easiest footwear to kick up your heels to have some fun in - and one model ended up stumbling rather than strutting down the runway after losing her balance.

THE HEIGHT OF FASHION

Kick Up Your Heels this Holiday with OPI & the Radio City Rockettes

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For the upcoming holiday season OPI joins with the Radio City Rockettes to offer an array of colors for nails and lips