kick butt

kick butt
phrasal
: to use bluntly forceful or coercive measures in order to achieve a desired end ; also : to succeed or win overwhelmingly

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kick (some) ass/butt/mainly american impolite phrase
to show someone what you are capable of doing or achieving, especially in a very determined way

Let’s get out there and kick some ass!

Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym
Main entry: kick

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kick butt — see kick, 1
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Main Entry:butt
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kick butt
US informal + sometimes impolite
— used in the same ways as kick ass (above)

Our team kicked butt in the soccer tournament.

I'm going to go over there and kick some butt.

Some drunk threatened to kick his butt.

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Main Entry:kick

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • kick butt — verb To be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant. I never thought Id say it, but being the governor of California kicks butt! Syn: kick ass, rock, rule See Also: get ones butt kicked …   Wiktionary

  • kick butt — defeat badly, blow them away    The Cougars beat us last week. Let s kick their butt tonight! …   English idioms

  • kick butt — to be very exciting or effective. The new system really kicked butt, catching several cheaters the first day it was used …   New idioms dictionary

  • Kick butt — 1. be totally amazing; 2. go off; 3. extremely excellent: real kick arse track …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • kick butt — Australian Slang 1. be totally amazing; 2. go off; 3. extremely excellent: real kick arse track …   English dialects glossary

  • kick butt — phrasal to use forceful or coercive measures in order to achieve a purpose; also to succeed or win overwhelmingly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kick butt — v. (Slang) use forceful or coercive measures in order to attain an objective; winning overwhelmingly; be absolutely amazing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • kick butt (to) —  Outwit or overwhelm the competition …   American business jargon

  • kick someone's butt — kick (someone s) butt American & Australian, very informal! to punish someone or to defeat someone with a lot of force. The officer told his men to move in on the protestors and kick butt show them who s boss! We went out with the gang to kick… …   New idioms dictionary

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