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kick oneself

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  1. Berate oneself, reproach one-self, as in I've been kicking myself all day for forgetting the keys. [Late 1800s]

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You know the feeling—how one wants to get behind a hedge and kick oneself.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John

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