"kick the habit" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-kick the habit.ogg Forms: kicks the habit [present, singular, third-person], kicking the habit [participle, present], kicked the habit [participle, past], kicked the habit [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kick the habit (third-person singular simple present kicks the habit, present participle kicking the habit, simple past and past participle kicked the habit)
  1. (idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: break the cycle Translations (to quit an addiction): afkicken (Dutch)

Inflected forms

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