"kick like a mule" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-kick like a mule.ogg [Australia] Forms: kicks like a mule [present, singular, third-person], kicking like a mule [participle, present], kicked like a mule [participle, past], kicked like a mule [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kick like a mule (third-person singular simple present kicks like a mule, present participle kicking like a mule, simple past and past participle kicked like a mule)
  1. (simile) To have a very strong physical effect

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kick like a mule meaning in English (2.2kB)

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