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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.
1946 April 22, Bobby Troup (lyrics and music), “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2:Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
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.
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