get one's kicks

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

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"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"
"“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."

From kick (“pleasure, thrill”). Compare get a kick out of.

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