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kick up one's heels

Used other than as an idiom: see kick, up, one's, heels.
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If a swimmer kicks up his heels and splashes the water, the judge will take points off accordingly.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'kick up one's heels':

kick up one's heelsTo dance.
kick up one's heelsTo relax; to enjoy oneself; to do as one pleases.
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calcitret unam calcaneos

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knock one down with a featherkick the bucketknock one over with a featherKick Up Your Heelkill one's darlingskick the can down the roadkick the tiresknow one's ass from a hole in the groundkick the habitknow like the back of one's handkick the bucketkick someone when they are downkick the dustkick upstairs

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