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for kicks

  (informal)

if you do something for kicks, especially something dangerous, you do it because you think it is exciting Local kids steal cars and race them up and down the street, just for kicks.

See also: kick

for kicks

mod. for fun; for a thrill. We just did it for kicks. We didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

See also: kick