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Idiom

get a kick out of

Meaning

To be delighted by; to be amused by.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I get a kick out of watching old comedies.”

“My grandmother gets a kick out of sending me silly memes she finds online.”

“Even after thirty years in the business, the seasoned actor still got a kick out of hearing the audience laugh at his lines.”

Examples

simple

“I get a kick out of watching old comedies.”

contextual

“My grandmother gets a kick out of sending me silly memes she finds online.”

complex

“Even after thirty years in the business, the seasoned actor still got a kick out of hearing the audience laugh at his lines.”

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