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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

kick out the bad habit

Can I say,

He promised to kick out the bad habit.
  

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Hi Vincent, The idiom is "to kick the [bad] habit. If you include (out) then the expression is no longer recognizable as the idiom "to make yourself free of " the habit. ", where the object comes after the "out," is less common.

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  • Hi Vincent, The idiom is "to kick the [bad] habit.
  • If you include (out) then the expression is no longer recognizable as the idiom "to make yourself free of " the habit.
  • ", where the object comes after the "out," is less common.
  • Best wishes, - A.
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Hi Vincent, The idiom is "to kick the [bad] habit. If you include (out) then the expression is no longer recognizable as the idiom "to make yourself free of " the habit.

With the expression, "kick out," the object is usually placed between the two words: "I'd love to kick those bums out!" "Kick him out!"

"Let's kick out all the freeloaders!", where the object comes after th
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