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verb

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1
as in to relax
to refrain from labor or exertion I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television

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2
as in to kill time
to spend time doing nothing a good resort for people who want to kick back and watch others exercise strenuously

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kickback

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noun

1
as in backlash

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2
as in rebate

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3
as in payoff

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Recent Examples of kick back
Verb
When Cobra Kai completed its first roundhouse kick back in 2018, diehard fans of The Karate Kid movies of the ‘80s didn’t know what to expect. — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025 This is actually the perfect day to kick back and relax. — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
That could create an open season for kickbacks — a price no business wants to pay. — Bernhard Warner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 The contracts were inflated to account for the cost of the bribes and kickbacks paid by Dantzler and Hu, the indictment alleges. — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick back
  1. relax
  2. backlash
  3. rebate
  4. payoff
  5. rest
  6. veg out
  7. reaction
  8. discount
Verb
  • The slow ride across is relaxing and often yields dolphin sightings.
    — Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Patients can also learn to perform self-trigger point release at home using their own fingers, a partner, a pelvic wand or vaginal dilators to help relax the internal muscles.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of relax
Noun
  • The generally tame statement was still enough to rile up the likes of Megyn Kelly, who used it as another opportunity to stoke the right-wing backlash to the film.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The video received backlash from the public, who condemned her act after it was posted online.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of backlash
Noun
  • Tech billionaire Elon Musk has criticized a Canadian province's decision to remove Tesla from a rebate program on electric products.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The rebate struggles have only compounded a difficult economic reality for the industry.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebate
Noun
  • That risk proved to be the ultimate payoff, and since then, the artist has experienced an abundance of creative flow and experimentation.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Why not try and estimate the societal payoffs to basic research done at the university?
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of payoff
Verb
  • The model could be seen posing in a black bodysuit and snapped a picture of herself in the mirror, featuring her dog, who rested on a blanket.
    — Hannah Sacks, People.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Titian’s Adam leans backward on his right arm; his left hand, which rests limply on Eve’s upper breast, appears hardly capable of stopping her.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of rest
Verb
  • Making the choice to be social is especially difficult at the end of an exhausting day when your impulse may be to veg out on the couch.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Plus: What better way for locals to veg out during a stressful election season than with some grade-A on-screen drama?
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of veg out
Noun
  • With vasomotor rhinitis, the body still has a strong reaction and symptoms, but the immune system is not triggered.
    — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
  • While sharing memories of his experiences across his filmography, Fassbender recalls that his horse had a stimulating reaction to his presence.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of reaction
Noun
  • When the package finally arrived, Valdez called him to offer the part at discount instead of selling it to someone else full price.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • And while there are wisecracks and blandly humorous asides here and there (most of them delivered by Pratt, who to his credit does give it his discount Harrison Ford best), the Russos mostly play it straight.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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