kick some butt

Related to kick some butt: come in handy, so much for, take account of, kick up one's heels

kick some butt

slang To be authoritative, assertive, and motivational in order to achieve or accomplish something. You're going to need to start kicking some serious butt if you want to get your branch's sales numbers back on track. The new senator has promised to kick some butt in Congress to change the things his constituency has demanded.
See also: butt, kick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kick some butt

verb
See kick some ass around
See also: butt, kick
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • get your butt over here
  • Get your butt over here!
  • butt in
  • can’t find one’s butt with both hands
  • can't find (one's) butt with both hands
  • can't find butt with both hands
  • be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
  • (one's) butt is on the line
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