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kick back
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb kick back has 2 senses
- kick back(v = verb.possession) Array - pay a kickback; make an illegal payment; Array is one way to pay
- kick back(v = verb.contact) kick, recoil - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" is one way to bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
Derived form noun kickback1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
kick back, v. i.
To recoil; -- of guns and machines. [PJC]
kick back, v. t.
To pay (a kickback); as, they kicked back five percent of the sales price. [PJC]
THESAURUS
kick back
abate, allow, atone, backfire, backlash, bate, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, charge off, cut, deduct, depreciate, discount, fly back, have repercussions, kick, lash back, make allowance, make amends, make good, make reparation, make restitution, make up for, make up to, pay back, pay in kind, quit, rebate, rebound, recalcitrate, recoil, recoup, redress, reduce, refund, reimburse, repay, repercuss, requite, resile, ricochet, snap back, spring, spring back, take a premium, take off, write off
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