Olga
synonyms for "let's kick it back on over to" It's a phrase from an American TV broadcast. The anchor says: "Now let's kick it back on over to John ...". John is his colleague who is to give a weather forecast. The meaning is clear, my questions are: 1) is it used in American English only? 2) what synonyms are there for "kick it (on over) back to"? I'm thinking of "pass the word" or "give the word back to" but my feeling is that these are incorrect. 3) what's the role of "on over" in this sentence? Is it only to emphasise "back again to"?
17 feb 2019 14:14
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This is not a phrase I've really come across in British or Australian English so potentially more of an American English phrase. The phrase comes from sport potentially, with the idea of passing or kicking a ball to someone who then becomes the focus of attention. Therefore, instead of 'let's kick it back on over to' you could instead say 'let's pass it on to...' or some broadcasters say 'and now over to...'. The phrase makes sense without 'on over' so it could just be emphasis or how this particular person uses this phrase most naturally.
17 febbraio 2019
Let’s kick it back on over to John. Let’s pass it over to John. Let’s pass it back to John. Let’s pass it back on over to John. Let’s pass it on to John. Let’s pass it on over to John. Let’s toss it back to John. Let’s throw it back to John. Let’s throw it over to John Let’s turn it over to John. Etc. They are all easily understood and vaguely derived from sports. They aren’t regular expressions with clear derivations from a specific sport. They’re just stylistic variations of “I’m done. The next speaker is”
17 febbraio 2019
Thank you, Bill! It does sound sport-related to me too but I wasn't sure.
17 febbraio 2019
This may well be American sport "lingo". One of the problems that different cultures have while speaking the same language is that they may use what seems to make complete sense to them but means nothing in other countries. For a non-native to spot this is pretty good.
17 febbraio 2019
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