kick about

• Verbe à particule informel signifiant discuter de manière décontractée d'idées ou de suggestions sans plan précis, ou traîner sans but, être inactif ou négligé.

An informal phrasal verb meaning to discuss ideas or suggestions informally without a fixed plan, or to lie around unused or neglected.

1. Discuss casuallyB2informalbritish

   To talk about an idea or suggestion informally and without a fixed plan.

   discuter de manière informelle, évoquer

   • We kicked about a few ideas for the new project.
   • Let's kick the proposal about at the next meeting.
   • They spent the afternoon kicking about possible solutions.

2. Lie around unusedB2informalbritish

   To be present in a place but not used or paid attention to.

   trainer sans servir

   • There are some old magazines kicking about in the attic.
   • His old football boots are still kicking about somewhere.
   • I think there's a spare key kicking about in the drawer.

3. Travel without purposeB2informalbritish

   To travel or move from place to place without a clear destination or plan.

   errer sans but

   • After university, he spent a year kicking about Europe.
   • They were just kicking about the city with no particular aim.
   • She kicked about the countryside for a few weeks.