■ kick around

■ kick around
■ kick around
A v. i. + avv. (fam.)
1 (di persona) girare (da un posto all'altro); vagabondare
2 (nella forma progressiva: di persona) essere in giro; essere in circolazione; (estens.) essere ancora vivo
3 (nella forma progressiva: di oggetto) essere in giro (da qualche parte): I still have a few old 45s kicking around, ho ancora in giro da qualche parte qualche vecchio 45 giri
4 (nella forma progressiva: di idea, teoria, ecc.) essere in circolazione; circolare
B v. i. + prep.
(fam.) girare per (un paese, ecc.); viaggiare in
C v. t. + avv.
1 prendere a calci; spostare a calci
2 strapazzare; maltrattare; trattare a calci
3 (fam.) comandare a bacchetta (dipendenti, ecc.)
4 (fam.) discutere, prendere in esame in modo informale: We kicked around a few ideas at the meeting, nella riunione discutemmo su alcune idee.

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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