"kick the tyres" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "kicks the tyres",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicking the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "kick the tyres (third-person singular simple present kicks the tyres, present participle kicking the tyres, simple past and past participle kicked the tyres)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "kick the tires"
        }
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Zealand English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 15, Harry Wilson, “Stress tests are a chance for market to kick the tyres of Europe's banks”, in The Telegraph",
          "text": "The tests give the market the chance to kick the tyres of some of Europe's weaker financial institutions, so you might expect the City to be enthusiastic about them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of kick the tires"
      ],
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        "(Australia, New Zealand, UK, idiomatic) Alternative form of kick the tires"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kick the tyres"
}

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    {
      "form": "kicks the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicking the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kicked the tyres",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "kick the tyres (third-person singular simple present kicks the tyres, present participle kicking the tyres, simple past and past participle kicked the tyres)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "New Zealand English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 15, Harry Wilson, “Stress tests are a chance for market to kick the tyres of Europe's banks”, in The Telegraph",
          "text": "The tests give the market the chance to kick the tyres of some of Europe's weaker financial institutions, so you might expect the City to be enthusiastic about them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of kick the tires"
      ],
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          "kick the tires#English"
        ]
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        "(Australia, New Zealand, UK, idiomatic) Alternative form of kick the tires"
      ],
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