"kick the habit" meaning in English

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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the habit",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the habit",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Peter Gabriel (lyrics and music), “Sledgehammer”, in So:",
          "text": "I get it right / I kicked the habit / Shed my skin / This is the new stuff",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recover from or quit an addiction or habit."
      ],
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          "recover",
          "recover"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ],
        [
          "addiction",
          "addiction"
        ],
        [
          "habit",
          "habit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "break the cycle"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to quit an addiction",
          "word": "afkicken"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "kick the habit"
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      "form": "kicks the habit",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "kicking the habit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the habit",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the habit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "type": "quote"
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        "To recover from or quit an addiction or habit."
      ],
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          "quit",
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        [
          "habit",
          "habit"
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        "(idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit."
      ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to quit an addiction",
      "word": "afkicken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kick the habit"
}