"kick rocks" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: kicks rocks [present, singular, third-person], kicking rocks [participle, present], kicked rocks [participle, past], kicked rocks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=kick rocks}} kick rocks (third-person singular simple present kicks rocks, present participle kicking rocks, simple past and past participle kicked rocks)
  1. (slang, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave or run away; skedaddle; (often used dismissively). Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Synonyms: go away Translations (depart or run away, often used dismissively): opzouten (Dutch), abzischen (German), verziehen [reflexive] (German), verpissen [reflexive] (German), verduften (German), Leine ziehen (German), die Biege machen (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_rocks-en-verb-zljEI8oj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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