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Idiom

kick ass

Vulgar

Meaning

To win decisively.

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

Examples

“Our team kicked ass and won the final.”

“After months of practice, the band kicked ass at their first big concert.”

“Against all odds, the young startup kicked ass, crushing established competitors and capturing the market within a single year.”

Examples

simple

“Our team kicked ass and won the final.”

contextual

“After months of practice, the band kicked ass at their first big concert.”

complex

“Against all odds, the young startup kicked ass, crushing established competitors and capturing the market within a single year.”

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