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kick in
verb
(intr) to start or become activated
informal(tr) to contribute
Idioms and Phrases
Contribute one's share, as in We'll kick in half if you take care of the rest . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900]
Also, kick off . Die, as in No one knows when he'll kick in , or He finally kicked off yesterday . [ Slang ; first half of 1900s] Also see kick the bucket .
Begin to operate, as in Finally the motor kicked in and we could get started . This usage was first recorded in 1908.
Example Sentences
It connects the dots: between ICE raids and over-policing, between a border cage and a city jail, between a knee on a neck and a door kicked in at dawn.
In another incident, he claimed he was kicked in the stomach after he fell off a push scooter as a nine-year-old.
Ms Clarke described that timeline as "a kick in the guts".
It comes after Pepco warned that increased employer National Insurance contributions which kicked in in April would put added pressure on the chain.
This was the point when my nerves started to kick in because I was eager to get started.
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