kicking around
Still hanging about
Kicking around has two main senses.
The first involves casual, aimless activity: We spent the afternoon kicking around the city, That idea has been kicking around for years.
Something kicking around is lying about without clear purpose or ownership: There's a spare charger kicking around here somewhere.
The second sense means to discuss informally or consider tentatively: Let's kick around some ideas before the meeting.
- idlingOperating without working
- hanging outCasual socializing
- shooting the breezeCasual, aimless conversation
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- informalRelaxed, not official
ideas · thoughts · casual · mulling over · tossing · speculating · contemplating · mistreated · brainstorming · pondering · bouncing · roughed up · roughing up · throwing · milling · knocking about · loitering · wandering
kicking aroundworking
In active function
hustling · grinding · toiling · laboring · nose to the grindstone
kicking aroundfront and center
Prominent central position
on display · put away · organized · filed away · lost
kicking aroundfinalized
Made permanent and complete
decided · set in stone · formalized · approved · implemented