Kick the Can Down the Road
What it means
Postpone a decision instead of making it, leaving the same problem for someone later.
Where it comes from
Kick the can was a street game played with a tin, and the point was that the can kept moving without ever being dealt with. American politics adopted the phrase for exactly that.
The puzzle it came from
Kick the Can Down the Road was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 19, 2025. The clue read ____ the ____ ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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garbage
can
food
court
order
melt
down
hill
top
dog
sky
high
kick
flip
side
shining
bright
side
road
rage
Phrasicle: Kick the Can Down the Road