kick in
verb
kicked in; kicking in; kicks in
1
: to begin operating or having an effect : get started
waiting for the heater to kick in
2
: to make a contribution
3
slang
: die
Examples of kick in in a Sentence
if everyone in the department kicks in, we can give him an especially nice present for his retirement
the ornery cuss finally kicked in at the ripe old age of 90
Recent Examples on the Web
The Stade de France crowd was wearing more orange than usual, as thousands of Dutch fans filed in to cheer on Bol, whose stunning kick in the last lap of the 4x400-m mixed relay on Saturday night, which gave the Dutch team gold, seemed to send a message to the McLaughlin-Levrone camp.
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Sean Gregory / Saint-Denis, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
This change will kick in with the game’s next season, Epic spokesperson Stephanie Thoensen tells The Verge.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
The kicker will kick the ball off from the opposite 35 and will be incentivized to keep the kick in play: Any kick that lands short of the 20 will be automatically spotted at the 40.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Under a plan by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the city would kick in $16 million of the $41 million cost to build an office building in a West Baltimore mixed-use project being led by the developer of Harborplace.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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Sean Gregory / Saint-Denis, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
This change will kick in with the game’s next season, Epic spokesperson Stephanie Thoensen tells The Verge.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
The kicker will kick the ball off from the opposite 35 and will be incentivized to keep the kick in play: Any kick that lands short of the 20 will be automatically spotted at the 40.
—Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Under a plan by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the city would kick in $16 million of the $41 million cost to build an office building in a West Baltimore mixed-use project being led by the developer of Harborplace.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Kick in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20in. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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