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Definition

To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.

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In Context

  • "We kick ass and take names and call muster."
  • "Hell, I thought, if I were wearing that star, I'd kick ass and take names and have this place turned upside down in a week."
  • "“Fitz,” Assistant Director Roy McKinnon said the day he summoned me to his office at headquarters in Washington in late 1980, “we need an Irishman to go to Boston to kick ass and take names.”"
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kick someone's ass

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To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition…

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To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical figh…

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To make things worse for someone in an adverse situation.

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have a go

To attack someone physically; to have a fight.
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