get a kick out of

get a kick out of

English

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Verb

get a kick out of (third-person singular simple present gets a kick out of, present participle getting a kick out of, simple past got a kick out of, past participle (UK) got a kick out of or (US) gotten a kick out of)

1. (idiomatic) To be delighted by; to be amused by.

   I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act.

   • 1934, Cole Porter (lyrics and music), “I Get a Kick Out of You”:

     Some get a kick from cocaine / I'm sure that if I took even one sniff / That would bore me terrifically too / Yet I get a kick out of you

Translations

be delighted by

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ilahtua (fi), riemastua, nauttia (fi) German: viel Spaß machen (with dative), sehr gut gefallen (with dative), echt Freude bereiten (with dative)