# kick rocks

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/kick-rocks
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To leave or run away; to skedaddle; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless. (often used imperatively and dismissively).

## Examples

- He told the annoying salesman to kick rocks.
- When the stranger tried to scam me, I told him to kick rocks and walked away.
- After the manager refused to address the unfair working conditions, the employees collectively told him to kick rocks and walked out of the office.

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