kick around
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chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, eye, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with)
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Today, the Duchess visited the Windsor Park stadium to kick around a soccer ball with two youth charities, dressed in an athletic-yet-stylish look. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Kate Middleton Gets Sporty in a Barbour Jacket, Ralph Lauren Sweater, and Sneakers," 27 Feb. 2019 The Phillies manager recently thought of his former teammate when the Phillies began kicking around ways to manage Jorge Alfaro, who caught 21 of the team’s 26 games in May before finally sitting on Friday. — Matt Breen, Philly.com, "Phillies trying to manage Jorge Alfaro's usage as season wears on," 1 June 2018 President Donald Trump is floating an idea that’s been kicking around Washington for years to get is $5 billion in border wall funding: the nuclear option. — Andrew Prokop, Vox, "The nuclear option, explained.," 21 Dec. 2018 On a recent morning, as students in blue-and-white uniforms kicked around a soccer ball, school principal Amilcar Rivera described their prospects. — Robbie Whelan, WSJ, "Why Are People Fleeing Central America? A New Breed of Gangs Is Taking Over.," 2 Nov. 2018 Placeholder furniture that had kicked around for decades was finally jettisoned, replaced with alternatives that blended practicality with poetry. — Sara Ruffin Costello, ELLE Decor, "A New Orleans Manse is Given New Life with a Fashionable Pizzazz," 26 Oct. 2018 The two kicked around a soccer ball and played with toy cars while staying at a volunteer’s home in Detroit. — Arian Campo-flores And Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, "After Immigrant Families Are Reunited, Scars of Separation Remain," 15 July 2018 Though a November 1, 2018 roll-out date for all international Delta flights has been kicked around, the airline played coy on just how the trial will affect things going forward. — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, "Delta Is Testing Out 3-Course Meals in Economy," 1 Aug. 2018 Dolores and Hale aren't the only two hosts kicking around in the real world. — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Westworld': 9 Burning Questions for Season 3," 26 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kick around.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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