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Kick in

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To kick; to collapse or break by kicking.; To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards. transitive

    "Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside."

  2. 2
    open violently wordnet
  3. 3
    To kick; to collapse or break by kicking.; To kick or strike (a person); to beat up. slang, transitive
  4. 4
    contribute to some cause wordnet
  5. 5
    To begin, contribute or join in on.; To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way; to begin functioning. idiomatic, intransitive

    "You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in."

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  1. 6
    enter a particular state wordnet
  2. 7
    To begin, contribute or join in on.; To join or begin. slang

    "You should kick in on the work."

  3. 8
    To begin, contribute or join in on.; To contribute, especially to a collection of money; to hand over. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive

    "For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars."

  4. 9
    To die; to give up on something. idiomatic

    "The business is going to kick in most likely."

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