kick around

discutir, barajar

Comentar ideas o posibilidades de manera informal antes de decidir qué hacer.

En inglés sencillo: To discuss ideas or possibilities in a relaxed way before deciding what to do.

• Let us kick around some ideas.
• They kicked the plan around for an hour.
• Have you kicked around any possible names?

Cómo se usa: kick something around (We kicked the proposal around over lunch.)

Sinónimos: discuss, consider, toss around

Expresiones frecuentes: kick around ideas, kick something around

andar por ahí, estar por ahí

Andar por un lugar sin mucho propósito o permanecer allí sin uso u olvidado.

En inglés sencillo: To be somewhere without much purpose, or remain there unused or forgotten.

• An old radio was kicking around upstairs.
• He kicked around town all afternoon.
• Do you have any spare batteries kicking around?

Cómo se usa: kick around + place (That spare cable has been kicking around the office for months.)

Sinónimos: hang around, lie around

Expresiones frecuentes: kick around somewhere, kick around the house

maltratar, intimidar

Tratar mal a una persona o manejar un objeto con brusquedad.

En inglés sencillo: To treat a person badly or handle an object roughly.

• Do not let them kick you around.
• That case can survive being kicked around.
• His old boss kicked him around for years.

Cómo se usa: kick someone/something around (They treated him like someone they could kick around.)

Sinónimos: mistreat, bully, push around

Expresiones frecuentes: kick someone around, kick something around

partido informal

Partido relajado de fútbol o de un deporte parecido, normalmente jugado por diversión.

En inglés sencillo: A relaxed game of football or a similar sport, usually played for fun.

• We had a kick around in the park.
• Fancy a kick around after school?
• The team enjoyed a relaxed kick around before lunch.

Sinónimos: kickabout

Expresiones frecuentes: a kick around, friendly kick around