Receive A Kickback
- Receive A Kickback
- How common is this idiom?: Although this idiom is still used in some contexts, its usage has declined in recent years, and it's mostly found in formal or technical writing, or in specific industries like construction or finance.
- Literal Meaning: To receive a kickback literally means to receive a backward kick, but in the context of the idiom, it refers to receiving money or other benefits, often secretly or illicitly, in return for a favor or service.
- Actual Idiomatic Meaning: To receive a kickback idiomatically means to receive money or other benefits, often secretly or illicitly, in return for a favor or service, such as bribery or corruption.
- The government official was accused of receiving kickbacks from contractors in exchange for awarding them lucrative projects.
- The company was fined for giving kickbacks to doctors to prescribe their medication.
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