kick the habit

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kick the habit (third-person singular simple present kicks the habit, present participle kicking the habit, simple past and past participle kicked the habit)

1. (idiomatic) To recover from or quit an addiction or habit.
   • 1986, Peter Gabriel, “Sledgehammer”, in So:

     I get it right / I kicked the habit / Shed my skin / This is the new stuff

• break the cycle