to overcome an addiction especially of an addiction like drugs
to kick the habit also means to break off with a habitual habit as inferred from the word itself
to give up something you had been doing for a long time
Even after trying so hard, I could not kick the habit of drinking.
Doctors should try to persuade smokers to kick the habit.
Teenagers spent a lot of time surfing on social media. They just can’t kick the habit.
Recently, some of my friends and I joined a campaign called: “Kick The Habit” which emphasized youth to quit smoking.
They’re members of Lawrence’s tap dancing class, and they just can’t kick the habit.
Once a child becomes accustomed to chewing his nails, it’s difficult to kick the habit.
A person needs serious discipline to kick a habit like drinking.
You need to see the doctor since your can’t break the habit of washing hand over and over again.
There is no origin for this idiom
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