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kick the habit

kick the hab·it
K k

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kik stressed th ee hab-it]
    • /kɪk stressed ði ˈhæb ɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kik stressed th ee hab-it]
    • /kɪk stressed ði ˈhæb ɪt/

Definitions of kick the habit words

  • verbal expression kick the habit quit smoking 1
  • verb kick the habit (Idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit. For example, to quit smoking, drinking, or drug addiction. 0

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Parts of speech for Kick the habit

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

kick the habit popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for kick the habit

verb kick the habit

  • restore — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
  • repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
  • relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.

Antonyms for kick the habit

verb kick the habit

  • damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.

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