if an idea or suggestion is kicking around, people know about it but no one is doing much about it
if people are kicking around, or kicking around a place, they are in that place without any definite plans
if something is kicking around, you have it but you are not sure exactly where it is
to discuss an idea or suggestion in an informal way
to kick a ball in a casual way without showing much enthusiasm or seriousness
to treat someone in an unkind and unfair way
He told reporters they wouldn’t be able to kick him around any more.
The boys were kicking a ball around in the back yard.
The idea of a new school gym has been kicking around for a while now.
There’s a box of matches kicking around somewhere.
Two friends and I decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days.
We kicked around a few ideas.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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