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Rarekick back
The correct spelling is kick back.
How to pronounce kick back
verb
Say it like: Kik- ba-k
The correct spelling is kick back. To relax. For example: "I'm going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back."
Usage Examples
“I'm going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back.”
“It was the insurer’s practice to kick back to the broker approximately 0.12% of the premium paid by the policyholder.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To relax.
- 2.To covertly pay in it the proceeds of a transaction in return for mediating it.
noun
- 1.A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- 2.A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
- 3.(machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- 4.(machinery) An accident wherein an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
- 5.A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
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