get one's kicks
English
Etymology
From kick (“pleasure, thrill”). Compare get a kick out of.
Verb
get one's kicks (third-person singular simple present gets one's kicks, present participle getting one's kicks, simple past got one's kicks, past participle (UK) got one's kicks or (US) gotten one's kicks)
- (idiomatic, informal) To enjoy oneself, to have a good time.
- 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 18:
- “Fine, fine, we lushing it up.”
“That ain’t nowhere. Blast Little Eva with some pot. Let her get her kicks.”
“I’ll see to it that she gets her kicks,” he said.
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “get one's kicks v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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