Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kick ass and take names

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: kick- ass and -take -names
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"We kick ass and take names and call muster."
"Hell, I thought, if I were wearing that star, I'd kick ass and take names and have this place turned upside down in a week."
"“Fitz,” Assistant Director Roy McKinnon said the day he summoned me to his office at headquarters in Washington in late 1980, “we need an Irishman to go to Boston to kick ass and take names.”"

Usage

Inflected Forms

kicks ass and takes names (present, singular) kicking ass and taking names (participle, present) kicked ass and took names (past) kicked ass and taken names (participle, past)

Questions

What does kick ass and take names mean?: To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

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