All kick up one's heels synonyms
heel
K k verb kick up one's heels
- bask β If you bask in the sunshine, you lie somewhere sunny and enjoy the heat.
- savor β the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- crow β A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
- wallow β to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
- relish β liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- luxuriate β to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- gloat β to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- indulge β to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- roll β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- thrive β to prosper; be fortunate or successful.
- cut loose β to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- horse around β a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- blow the lid off β a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- cut capers β To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances.
- raise hell β the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- whoop it up β a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
- have a ball β enjoy oneself immensely
- beat the drum β a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- blow off steam β water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- drink to β to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- live it up β to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- make whoopee β make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
- paint the town red β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- fool around β a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- get down β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get it on β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- go to town β a thickly populated area, usually smaller than a city and larger than a village, having fixed boundaries and certain local powers of government.
- let off steam β a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
- raise the roof β the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- run riot β a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- go berserk β If someone or something goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become very angry or violent.
- run amok β If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- run wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- let one's hair down β any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- kid around β behave jokingly or playfully
- kick over the traces β either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
- lap up β (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- paint the town β a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- run around β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- step out β a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.