get a kick out of

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Meaning

get a kick out of (third-person singular simple present gets a kick out of, present participle getting a kick out of, simple past got a kick out of, past participle (UK) got a kick out of or (US) gotten a kick out of)

(idiomatic) To be delighted by; to be amused by.
I really got a kick out of that clown's juggling act.

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I get no kick from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So, tell me why should it be true, that I get a kick out of you? Cole Porter

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative. Bill Hicks

[After describing a hopper for feeding winter game:] If you think you're too old to enjoy building such contraptions - that only Boy Scouts get a kick out of such nonsense - just try it. You may end up by building several. Aldo Leopold

I get a kick out of it, but it would be stupid to let it go to my head. It's modeling-I didn't find the cure for cancer. Marisa Miller

Some get a kick from cocaine. I'm sure that if I took even one sniff That would bore me terrifically, too, Yet, I get a kick out of you. Cole Porter

I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around. John Astin

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