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KICK IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Open violently
Example:
kick in the doors
Synonyms:
kick down; kick in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "kick in" is one way to...):
destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Contribute to some cause
Example:
I gave at the office
Synonyms:
chip in; contribute; give; kick in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "kick in" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick in"):
combine (add together from different sources)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 3
Meaning:
Enter a particular state
Example:
After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in
Synonyms:
kick in; set in
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "kick in" is one way to...):
begin; start (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
