kick the habit
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editkick the habit (third-person singular simple present kicks the habit, present participle kicking the habit, simple past and past participle kicked the habit)
- (idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit.
- 1986, Peter Gabriel (lyrics and music), “Sledgehammer”, in So:
- I get it right / I kicked the habit / Shed my skin / This is the new stuff