kick the habit

Idioms and Phrases

see kick a habit .

Example Sentences

He tried to kick the habit but has found it hard: "Obviously, I want to leave this, right? But it is such a strong addiction. I have gone to rehabilitation centres, I have locked myself in my family's house."

From BBC

Smokers tell her they want to kick the habit but feel trapped.

From BBC

"This is not a therapeutic good to help hardened smokers kick the habit. This is a good that is deliberately targeted at kids to recruit them to nicotine addiction."

From Reuters

An NHS stop-smoking scheme is helping pregnant women in Lincolnshire kick the habit.

From BBC

“They never did provide her surgery till months later, and she became predictably dependent on the medication and couldn’t kick the habit,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• alleviate
• ameliorate
• correct
• improve
• mend
• rectify
• redress
• rehabilitate
• relieve
• remedy
• repair
• restore
• treat