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What does "kind of" mean here?

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Rebecca

In this context, "kind of" is just a filler word that doesn't have any specific meaning. "Kind of" does not have any rules where to be put in the sentence, so you can use anywhere you want. Ex: I was thinking kind of doing the same thing.

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