to break a door by kicking it
to give something, especially money
to hurt someone badly by kicking them
to start to have an effect
Colum stood over the alderman and gave him a vicious kick in the ribs.
Gabe's body clenched like he'd just taken a kick in his gut.
He finished off his coffee and held the mug out for a refill, the caffeine starting to kick in.
Stephanie hoped the kick in her chest hadn't manifested itself anywhere else.
Sweden has kicked in about $10 million a year since 1993.
The hoodlums kicked Jones’s teeth in before making off with his money.
The medicine took some time to kick in.
The new rules kicked in last year.
When the police came, they had to kick the door in to get into the flat.
kicks in
kicking in
kicked in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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