kick the tyres

kick the tyres

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kick the tyres (third-person singular simple present kicks the tyres, present participle kicking the tyres, simple past and past participle kicked the tyres)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, idiomatic) Alternative form of kick the tires
   • 2011, Harry Wilson, "Stress tests are a chance for market to kick the tyres of Europe's banks", The Telegraph, 15 July 2011:

     The tests give the market the chance to kick the tyres of some of Europe's weaker financial institutions, so you might expect the City to be enthusiastic about them.