kicked back

verb

past tense of kick back
1
as in relaxed
to refrain from labor or exertion I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television

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

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Recent Examples of kicked back My mom kicked back in comfort with a good book. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air every time someone walks across them. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air if you only dry sweep. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026 Some bills got kicked back out. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Studies have shown how lead particles that fell to the ground were kicked back up into the air again where people could inhale them, along with other contaminants. — Armin Sorooshian, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026 Cher’s adult son Elijah Blue Allman busted into a New Hampshire home over the weekend, and then kicked back on the couch with a cigarette, police said. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026 Although the regionalization had led to a deceleration in the growth of shipping costs throughout 2024 as the Everything Store aggressively embarked on its cost-cutting crusade, these expenses kicked back up into high gear throughout the 2025 fiscal year. — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026 But even if Senate Republicans conceded to breaking up the funding package, the bills would be kicked back to the House of Representatives, which is on a weeklong recess. — Lori Comstock, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked back
  1. relaxed
  2. kicked around
  3. rested
  4. chilled
  5. basked
  6. played
  7. bummed
  8. lounged
Verb
  • Where Jović tightened as the match went on, after the energy of claiming an up-and-down first set, Pegula relaxed and trusted her game.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • In the years after the schedule was relaxed, three more instances were discovered before the crash.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of relaxed
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  • No balls were kicked around, but a first impression was made about a pitch that’s cropped tighter than a Pebble Beach fairway yet in impressive shape after four games over 11 days.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Near a door leading to a loading dock, a group of players on the host Vegas Golden Knights — including forward Mitch Marner, who went on to score a regulation hat trick in a 5-4 win — stood in a circle and kicked around a soccer ball.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 8 June 2026
Definition of kicked around
Verb
  • Those results meant Norway had already qualified for the knockout stages, so rested 10 players as they were beaten 4-1 by France in their final group match.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • America’s strength has always rested on defending constitutional rights consistently, not selectively.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of rested
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  • Also make sure hot food is served piping hot, health officials say, and cold food should be kept thoroughly chilled.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • After cooling, place toothpicks around perimeter of custard, then cover with plastic wrap (don’t let plastic touch custard) and keep chilled.
    — Rachel Dolfi, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of chilled
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  • On Chicago’s West Side, small groups huddled under the shade of trees on lawn chairs in Humboldt Park while others basked in the sun along the edge of the park’s lagoon.
    — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Fans also basked in the outcome, with objectively much more difficult scenarios — on paper, anyway — avoided.
    — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of basked
Verb
  • Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • She has been featured in various TV shows, including an English show called Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), and played Desdemona in Broadway’s Othello before retiring in the early 1980s, per the Walt Disney Archives.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of played
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  • Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Rittenhouse admits to initially being bummed out to not be the murderer, only to quickly come around to preferring this outcome.
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of bummed
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  • In the living room, a tabby cat with a clipped ear lounged on a velvet couch, her front paws propping open an illustrated catalogue of military aircraft.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
Definition of lounged

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“Kicked back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20back. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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