All kick around synonyms

verb kick around

• reflect — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
• contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
• imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
• speculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
• brainstorm — If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly.
• mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• design — When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
• percolate — to cause (a liquid) to pass through a porous body; filter.
• purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
• contend — If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
• differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
• bandy — If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
• prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
• confute — to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
• refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
• controvert — to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
• agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• moot — open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• canvass — If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
• demonstrate — If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
• cogitate — If you are cogitating, you are thinking deeply about something.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
• roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
• revolve — to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.
• turn over — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• pour it on — to flatter profusely
• talk over — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
• disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• have at — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• boss around — order about
• henpeck — to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
• call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
• lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
• rule the roost — a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
• run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• in the driver's seat — If you say that someone is in the driver's seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
• mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
• bung up — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
• dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
• push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• head trip — a mentally exhilarating or productive experience, as one in which a person's intellect or imagination seems to expand.