to kick (someone) around - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to kick (someone) around" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Kicking people around isn't a very nice thing to do.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

to kick someone around is to abuse them in some way
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

John spent most of his years in junior high school being bullied.  All the other kids would tease John and call him names.  The other kids would play pranks on John and torment him relentlessly.  John was a small child and never fought back.  John was always the last child chosen when teams were being picked for sports and games. Before John entered high school, he told himself that he was going to start fighting back.  John told himself,

"I'm not going to let them kick me around anymore."

Answer 5

Idiom Definition:

"to kick someone around"

to be unkind, rough, unfair, disrespectful or mean to someone
 

Synonyms: annoy, badger, bluster, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, domineer, enforce, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hound, intimidate, menace, needle, oppress, overbear, persecute, plague, ride, tease, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, tyrannize