a kick up the arse/backside
UK US a kick in the butt/pants offensiveIf you give someone a kick up the arse, you do or say something to try to stop them being lazy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bounce sb into sth
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcible
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- push
- railroad
- screw
- shanghai
- slap sth on/onto (sth/sb)
- squeeze
- squeeze sth out of sb
- trap
- wring sth from/out of sb
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