"kick back" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kick backs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} kick back (countable and uncountable, plural kick backs)
  1. Alternative spelling of kickback Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: kickback
    Sense id: en-kick_back-en-noun-j-EoPWHp

Verb

Forms: kicks back [present, singular, third-person], kicking back [participle, present], kicked back [participle, past], kicked back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kick back (third-person singular simple present kicks back, present participle kicking back, simple past and past participle kicked back)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To relax. Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms: take it easy, lie back, kick it Related terms: kickback, kick up one's heels
    Sense id: en-kick_back-en-verb-QYVOaXrR
  2. To covertly pay in it the proceeds of a transaction in return for mediating it. Synonyms: retrocede
    Sense id: en-kick_back-en-verb-wuNqM4TK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 10 66 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 32 18 51

Inflected forms

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