get a kick out of

To "get a kick out of" something means to get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from someone or something. The phrase is an idiom and is often used in informal contexts. The phrase can also be used in other contexts, such as to describe kicking a ball or giving up a drug addiction.

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get a kick out of (someone or something)
To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from someone or something.
Even as an adult, I still get a kick out of building sandcastles at the beach.
She really gets a kick out of doing wheelies on her motorcycle in front of an audience.
I get a kick out of Janene—she's really hilarious.
See also: get, kick, of, out
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get a kick out of (something/someone), to
To derive pleasurable excitement from. This twentieth-century American expression achieved immortality in Cole Porter’s song, “I Get a Kick out of You” (from Anything Goes, 1934).
See also: get, kick, of, out, to
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