How To Use Kick in In A Sentence

But those externalities quickly kick in. Times, Sunday Times
During the long, cruel month of February, waiting for my delinquent digestive system to kick in, I had contracted low-grade pneumonia.
It deserves nothing more than a kick in the pants and Granma's whap upside the head for outrageous juvenile snottery. Why not engage with me instead of trying to make me into your enemy?
After the prize-giving, the festivities begin again and the dancing goes on well into the next morning until hangovers, prudence and normal life kick in.
And then there is the lofted crossfield kick into the waiting arms of the wingers. Times, Sunday Times

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That sounds like a man aiming a kick into the long grass. The Sun
Bradley Johnson's miskick in the six-yard box gifted Bendtner an opportunity at the near post, but the forward saw his flick touched across the face of goal by Ruddy. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
I knew my athetoid cerebral palsy would kick into high gear and my head control would vanish, leaving me bobbing for invisible apples. Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2007 » May
Actors have contracts that specify residuals - payments that kick in each time a programme is shown.
I give it a hefty kick in my utter frustration at not being able to unlock it.
If he is convicted of first-degree murder, that would also kick in whether there are special circumstances.
This could have paved the way for a British military plan to kick into action. Times, Sunday Times
We were each asked to kick in 50 cents toward the cost.
‘No,’ said Rilar Cray, for the third time, and felt the autonomic systems in her bionic left side kick in and administer a dose of calming endorphins.
I believe usual practise is to assume that if you got a nice early slide this time because of BST, you might get a kick in the rear end later in the year from the return to GMT; your twelve hour night shift magically morphing into a 13hr slog. Policing Pledge Is A Lie SHOCK « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
It was at that exact moment that a set of security lamps decided to kick in and bathe me in their glaring beams of light.
Which means getting help pronto, before any complications kick in. The Sun
Ronaldinho wastes a chance to flight a free-kick into the penalty area, hitting the first Japanese defender instead.
Use those moments of deep frustration and anger to give yourself a good old kick in the butt. Let that inner voice roar!
We've been struggling for years and it's a real kick in the teeth to see a new band make it ahead of us.
Shevchenko steps up and promptly blasts the free-kick into the wall.
The last weekly Robin discussed the report of a proposal to give Batman “a black ghetto kid” as a new sidekick in the early 1980s. Archive 2009-09-01
Here in Southern California we're accustomed to summer westerlies and northwesterlies that kick in about noon and may work up to about 20 knots.
Complications kick in, and previously contained feelings of jealousy, betrayal, insecurity and possessiveness threaten to overwhelm what had seemed a rather civilised arrangement.
It was another savage kick in the teeth for Portsmouth. The Sun
The assault landing thrusters begin to kick in, a loudly whine of complaint against too rapid a fall under fierce gravity.
Sometimes I wonder if I would ever have written Three Junes without that kick in the pants. A Conversation with Julia Glass, author of Three Junes
The Lord Mayor is acquiring a new sidekick in the new year as senior programme manager. Times, Sunday Times
He flung himself into the air and whacked a scissors kick into the top corner of the Manchester United net.
The referee didn't call a goal kick for the Stingrays, but instead called a corner kick in favor of Riverside.
Reforms will kick in later this year.
Some of the most interesting parts early in the movie occur when Varda moves away from the bohemian rhapsody, and follows Clarke, as she is guided through late 1960s LA in a taxi, allowing Varda's documentary instinct to kick in.
Oh, and the wrap (which admittedly is filling because of the brown rice, and bison meat) costs over $9 - or as I like to call it: “a big kick in the balls”. Pump’s “Street Meat” is a Terrifying Taste of a Healthier Future | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
Terrified and panicking, he tried to kick in a glass door to escape his pursuers and, in doing so, fatally lacerated himself.
Possibly accompanied by a swift kick in the shins. The Sun
Charnock then came at Corinthians and after a miskick in the penalty area the ball was smashed into the net to make the game all square at half time.
He begged me to authorize him to go in and do what he called kick in the doors and find those weapons. CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2002
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. Walt Disney
It was a kick in the teeth to concede the equaliser so late on.
kick in the doors
We'll pay your top rate and kick in a per diem when you're out of town. THE LAST PLACE
Elaborately he swung back his buskined foot, aimed and planted a kick in the middle of the inert body, with force enough to drive it a handsbreadth across the slimy floor. Conan The Warlord
He'll likely give his Democratic colleagues a swift kick in the pants if they compromise too much on enviro issues.
When the solar power fades, a diesel generator would kick in, but a more efficient engine would be installed that produced one-third of the carbon particulates that direct-drive diesel engines emitted.
Both Nick Chacos and Matt Eusebio were hurt when they collied while attempting to block a kick in last week's win over Pembroke, and both will miss this week's game. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
He lies, steals cars, runs off in the middle of the night and sasses his elders; he could use a swift kick in the rear.
By repeating this drill, the swimmer should be encouraged to complete the second kick in order to generate enough power to recover the arms.
The move is brought to an end as Huth dispossesses Delfouneso, the Villa player windihing himself in the process as he runs into the defender.86 mins Not it's Stoke's turn to win a free-kick in a decent position – certainly well within Huth's range. Stoke v Aston Villa - as it happened | Paolo Bandini
As mentioned earlier, telepathy is most likely to kick in under circumstances of emergency.
As the employment level rises above that, more and more laws kick in.
He blasted a twenty yard free kick inches over the crossbar.
He's taken a hefty kick in the face for his troubles, mind.
Today was a real kick in the teeth. Times, Sunday Times
The probability of conceding a free kick in the danger zone is reduced. Times, Sunday Times
Until the disco lights on the ice kick in, that is. Times, Sunday Times
When the sun comes out, it will open, allowing users to swim under blue skies, but when the weather turns, the telescopic structure will slide shut and heating will kick in.
The storm is expected to kick in shortly after sunrise.
July 22nd, 2006 at 5: 01 pm jason baddo says: bolton looks and talks like a horse trader from the old west, like matt dillion’s sidekick in gunsmoke Think Progress » Bolton: My Support ‘Would Probably Be The Kiss of Death’ For Next U.N. Head
It is a kick in the crotch, a punch to the kidney and a savage body slam.
The computers get their marching orders from the pilot by means of a pair of joysticks, but they won't wait for the pilot's slow reflexes to kick in before taking any necessary corrective action.
Around puberty, our apocrine glands kick into action, releasing thick secretions into hair follicles.
And the fact that he's ambitiously retooling his swing for the third time suggests that he's not just waiting around for his pension to kick in. Why Tiger Will Never Dominate Again
Anyone who says that the industry is 'fettered' by too much regulation and government interference, needs a swift kick in the ass! Archive 2009-07-01
And the delayed effects of the monetary and tax stimulus could kick in and pull the economy back onto a growth path. Times, Sunday Times
It was a kick in the teeth for me but he insists it was harmless fun. The Sun
Another kick in the groin? Bas!
It was a kick in the teeth for me but he insists it was harmless fun. The Sun
It was another savage kick in the teeth for Portsmouth. The Sun
And then there is the lofted crossfield kick into the waiting arms of the wingers. Times, Sunday Times
The English mistakes came thick and fast as Jonny Wilkinson knocked on and Luger sliced a horrible kick into touch to the delight of the Welsh supporters.
The probability of conceding a free kick in the danger zone is reduced. Times, Sunday Times
It was another savage kick in the teeth for Portsmouth. The Sun
You just need a little help, a push, gentle nudge, kick in the butt to get going.
Before giving 2016 a hearty kick into the past tense, we have unfinished business. Times, Sunday Times
It is the most notorious kick in the backside in the history of art. Times, Sunday Times
Whenever his Wanderers team were awarded a free-kick in Leicester territory he placed two players in what can only be described as wildly offside positions inside the penalty area.
Before giving 2016 a hearty kick into the past tense, we have unfinished business. Times, Sunday Times
That damn thief deserves a real kick in the ass.
(A kick in the balls or arse would constitute this, and a kick in the balls is a well trodden part of humour) worth reading • Nora O'Neill at Bookshop Blog suggests using twitter to promote your bookstore. Archive 2009-02-01
Norman, who is chandlery manager said that ‘it feels like an ironic kick in the teeth’ particularly as a workable management plan should have been formulated 15 years ago.
I'm hoping the combination of sleeping pill and codeine tablets will kick in for her shortly to give her some relief and both of us some rest.
It was nothing like that, of course, but it was worth the kick in the shin he got from Tori to see the mixed expression of disgust, disbelief, outrage and scandal on Teague's face - at one and the same time.
You could be forgiven for thinking that all we need to do to get better care and lower costs is twiddle our thumbs and wait for all of federal reform to kick in. Larry McNeely: In The Public Interest : Why Is California So Important in Health Care Reform?
The nerves will kick in after a restful sleep. Times, Sunday Times
It is as though Congress has put stabilizing tax cuts on autopilot, set to kick in just when they are needed.
And yes, definitely the homesickness is stronger in the fall -- at least for me -- partly because my brother has an apple orchard and the season is starting to kick in and I just think wistfully about being able to walk out and pick apples. September evenings with roasted chicken
We have another gear to kick into. Times, Sunday Times
He flung himself into the air and whacked a scissors kick into the top corner of the Manchester United net.
It took a while for the effects to kick in but, when they did, they bit deep.
A couple of minutes later and the home side broke quickly from a free-kick into their own box.
Anyone who earns a contract as a punter in American football is barred from playing kick-to-kick in our local park.
One can do after a session with the kite is to hang washing on the line as lifting ones arms above the horizontal is worse than a kick in the balls. Cheeseburger Gothic » Huzzah!
We were each asked to kick in 50 cents toward the cost.
In Florida, as in at least 20 other states with similar laws on the books, pricing curbs kick in during declared emergencies - say, when thousands of residents have been walloped by a natural disaster.
Time after time the striker who had scored 27 goals in just 44 international matches danced through the German defence only to miskick in deliberate and frequently slapstick fashion.
It's against the notion that things calm down when we get older, when philosophy is supposed to kick in - that the body, the heart and sexual desire develop and age in the same way.
And then there is the lofted crossfield kick into the waiting arms of the wingers. Times, Sunday Times
My stance is slightly more than hipwide and my feet are somewhat splayed to create a better thigh sweep and to kick in my glutes and hamstrings during the downstroke.
Ahn hooked a shot across goal in the 36th minute, had a free kick ricochet off the Italian defensive wall in the 44th and spiraled a left-foot shot over the crossbar from a free kick in the 58th minute. USATODAY.com - Hosts shock perennial powers
The soldiers dismount and secure the area and with little warning, kick in the door, roust the residents out of the house, and search and ransack the home.
Position papers rarely have a direct influence on grand strategy; contending bureaucracies kick in to muddy the waters.
In some of the later adventures Geralt is joined by Dandelion - a sidekick in the form of a wandering scholar, famed bard and skirt-chaser. Archive 2008-07-01
I'll use any dollars or euros or yen or shekels thrown my way to keep this site online, and if folks do kick in, I promise to try and write more frequently as a token of my appreciation.
This is when the buds of the tongue kick into overproduction of a substance called keratin, which causes the buds to grow longer than normal. Dr. Harold Katz: Bad Breath and Your Tongue
With Jack away on one of his charabanc trips, Andy Kerr had a fit and said we should send some of the ‘boys’ round to kick in a few doors.
In July, when the nightshades all kick in - offering eggplant and peppers, tomatoes and potatoes - there's almost nothing left to wish for.
To become a member you have to miss a kick in front of the posts. Times, Sunday Times
Shelley's words were a kick in the stomach that made the twin-tub sensation feel like minor indigestion. It's October, 1956.
On those same dark and damp days, the light-sensing headlamps and rain-sensitive wipers kick in without touching the controls.
It's something we've been aiming at all year and certainly now, the buzz does begin to kick in a bit more.
This broken promise is a real kick in the teeth for our fans.
The concept of mass amateurisation is that kick in the guts - amateurisation is a pejorative term, belittling the efforts of thousands of webloggers.
Charnock then came at Corinthians and after a miskick in the penalty area the ball was smashed into the net to make the game all square at half time.
It's yet another kick in the teeth to our ex-service personnel. The Sun
So we latched the door and waited in dark silence with bottles in our hands while four huge dudes tried to kick in the windows and doors yelling at us to come out so they could shoot and kill us.
His left hand clutches his belly, for really bad news does feel just like a kick in the belly at first.
Decorate water scene, actually can make public individual character, can put flying imagination, what advocate like Shui Guifang in that way, can a kick in one's gallop!
REEVE: It's to the point where it hopefully will kick in autonomically and I will be able to breath on my own. CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2002
It was another savage kick in the teeth for Portsmouth. The Sun
Yet give him a sniff of goal and the old predatory instincts kick in. Times, Sunday Times
Possibly accompanied by a swift kick in the shins. The Sun
This broken promise is a real kick in the teeth for our fans.
The storm is expected to kick in shortly after sunrise.
They're supposed to balance every trade with an equal and almost opposite play that ensures that, if anything goes wrong with their main move, the countermoves will kick in and save their funds.
At this particular waterhole we've got a lot of galahs and corellas around and storms like this kick into life the ecosystems out here.
As each day brings yet another piece of evidence to demonstrate their incompetence, people sit there open-mouthed that they have the effrontery to claim they are ‘dealing’ with whatever the latest foul-up is, that yet another ‘review’ is to take place (everyone now understands that to mean ‘kick into the long grass’), that lessons will be learnt and that such and such a nincompoop is a fit and proper person to clear up the mess he or she has created. McBlackadder The Dancing Bear
And when, asked a minion, might these changes kick in?
The visitors were awarded an indirect free kick in the Southend United penalty area on the hour mark.
I think self-preservation will kick in and look after me and the bike. Times, Sunday Times
Japanese teams use shift attack more. 4, Place Kick:Korean teams are stronger in place kick in opposite half.
The aspirin he had taken had finally started to kick in, and disintegrate his almighty hangover.
Today there is agreement that for some women this bond can take time to kick in. Times, Sunday Times
Just as the trauma of my previous imprisonment receded, the financial reality began to kick in.
It took only a few moments for the tetrodotoxin to kick in. The Keg of Knob Creek : Bev Vincent
I wished for some kick in the red-chile steak butter I asked for with my bison filet, as a substitute for the advertised port wine sauce.
Well, since this thing (if it makes it the rest of the way through conference and final passage) doesn't kick in until 2014, will she lambaste Reid and Pelosi for being responsible for having those 180,000 people's blood on their hands? Obama: Health care vote a victory for American people
Wisely, my folks did kick in another $ 25 for an electrical adapter.
Gee, maybe now that granny and gramps are getting even MORE healthcare benefits, they can kick in to help pay the medical costs for their uninsured middle-class kids and grandkids who are still being largely ignored by this country. Obama praises agreement to cut drug costs for senior citizens
Then OpenOffice crashed, and through a combination of the autosave feature failing to kick in over a 2 hour period, and my own stupidity in not hitting save, I lost the entire article. Favorite books before you could read « Write Anything
Deco drives a low free kick into the Chelsea box from the left wing, but his delivery is poor and Lampard clears easily.
These insurance policies are sold alongside household appliances and kick in after expiry of the standard guarantee period provided by the manufacturer. Times, Sunday Times
You need to be a little bit self-indulgent today as by tomorrow, reality will kick in. The Sun
I am not sure but i think i have seen also talked to people who is close to the 250K a year. and the higher tax done kick in until you make 250001 then the 1 is taxed at the higher rate. until then they pay there regaler tax ` s. Think Progress » Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’
And he doesn't have the kick in play game of a cooper cronk. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
It takes half an hour for the tablets to kick in.
My arms ached like they'd been repeatedly thumped, and there was an aching in my stomach which suggested they'd given me a hefty kick in the balls.
Wisely, my folks did kick in another $ 25 for an electrical adapter.
It is a kick in the teeth for the sailors who go on the ships that take our exports overseas.
We've been struggling for years and it's a real kick in the teeth to see a new band make it ahead of us.
As mentioned earlier, telepathy is most likely to kick in under circumstances of emergency.
It feels like a kick in the stomach or a blow with a baseball bat.
Bill never wants to kick in.
Your endorphins don't really kick in until you've been exercising aerobically for 30 minutes.
She waited for the buzz of tequila to kick in or the stage to improve but neither happened.
(A kick in the balls or arse would constitute this, and a kick in the balls is a well trodden part of humour) worth reading • Nora O'Neill at Bookshop Blog suggests using twitter to promote your bookstore. Odds and ends
I was innocently walking with my friend, when Stephen ran at me from behind, jumped up, and gave me a tremendous flying kick in the back.
Fiona gave Justin a hard kick in the shin underneath the table.
Today was a real kick in the teeth. Times, Sunday Times
Hargreaves is down injured after taking a hefty kick in the knee.
The probability of conceding a free kick in the danger zone is reduced. Times, Sunday Times
The source you give for the bar chart above notes that geography plays a major role in the modal split (which, AFAIK, is accepted wisdom): the longer distances that freight needs to be carried over in the US compared to Europe makes rail more attractive – trucks are better for shorter hauls, and the cost savings of rail only kick in if distances are long enough. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Timeless Appeal of Triumphalism
Once the plane is cruising at an altitude of 32 kilometers, ramjet engines common to military aircraft would kick in to take the Zehst hypersonic. Going Hypersonic
The Government's decision is a real kick in the teeth for the unions.
We have another gear to kick into. Times, Sunday Times
Sure enough, the drug withdrawal is starting to kick in.
Before giving 2016 a hearty kick into the past tense, we have unfinished business. Times, Sunday Times
The probability of conceding a free kick in the danger zone is reduced. Times, Sunday Times
Why wait for the wisdom of hindsight to kick in when there's astrology columns to forewarn you - right?
The consultation ends next month, well ahead of the usual statutory measures that will kick in once the project has received formal planning approval. Times, Sunday Times
Everyone agreed to kick in 50 cents for a present for the teacher.
The player's decision is a disaster for his club, a real kick in the teeth for his employers.
But we can draw some reassurance from the inevitable homoeostatic mechanisms that will kick in.
His left hand clutches his belly, for really bad news does feel just like a kick in the belly at first.
We battled toe-to-toe with them it's a kick in the teeth to lose like that. The Sun
It would not be the first time that a bootlicker was rewarded with a kick in the teeth.
The problem they've got," he added, "in order to make the thing deficit neutral, they've had to kind of backload it so that the fees go in first, and some of these great benefits don't kick in till later on. Capitol Hill Coffee House
Your balancing reflexes can't kick in unless your leg muscles are strong enough and your joints flexible enough to respond.
It also, for the first time, sets rates for commercials made for the Internet, though those minimums don't kick in until the third year of the contract, Wood noted (he nonetheless called the minimums a "big victory" for the unions). Jonathan Handel: SAG-AFTRA Ad Deal Done
These insurance policies are sold alongside household appliances and kick in after expiry of the standard guarantee period provided by the manufacturer. Times, Sunday Times
We've been struggling for years and it's a real kick in the teeth to see a new band make it ahead of us.
he deserves a good kick in the butt
The consultation ends next month, well ahead of the usual statutory measures that will kick in once the project has received formal planning approval. Times, Sunday Times
There were times when I would come over from the well and just kick in the deep end.
Spices and marinades of every description are at work here, drenching the Persian chicken kebabs or injecting an extra kick into the house special, lentil soup.
Leaving aside this Swiftian solution, the deficit in that instance will go up because spending power will be diminished, unemployment will increase further and the automatic stabilizers will kick in. Marshall Auerback: The Self-Inflicted Insanity of American Unemployment
This could have paved the way for a British military plan to kick into action. Times, Sunday Times
A 1994 fellowship to Antarctica and a kick in the pants from cancer (he has fully recovered) prompted the author to take a stab at a lifelong goal of writing a novel by producing the World War II bio-terrorism thriller Ice Reich William Dietrich biography
AUSTRALIA Camping down under has been given a real kick in the shorts by an outback safari camp that's as decadent as most hotels. Times, Sunday Times
But Connolly was adjudged to have been offside after Jim Weir had guided Kane's free kick in the striker's direction.
NARRATOR: Prices almost doubled, and shortages didn't end. All Balcerowicz could do was chew his nails and wait for the law of supply and demand to kick in.
His left arm was nearly useless, and he tried to shield it with his body, but a sudden kick into his side threw him to the right.
Ricksen stepped up and skelped the free-kick into the top corner.
The soldiers dismount and secure the area and with little warning, kick in the door, roust the residents out of the house, and search and ransack the home.
Use those moments of deep frustration and anger to give yourself a good old kick in the butt.
Before giving 2016 a hearty kick into the past tense, we have unfinished business. Times, Sunday Times
I'm told a stiff drink of Ezra Brooks and a good kick in gluteus maximus will cure abulia with only one or two applications. Video: Stuff Petzal Likes at the SHOT Show
Uncle Rob sez: I've been asked by the leaders of the Piscean Support Group to pat you on the back -- and add a tender, friendly kick in the butt while I'm at it -- in celebration of your recent promise to leave your safety zone. Thor's Day
If you're a Bank of America customer with an e-banking account and make just one deposit a month through a teller, drive-up window or night deposit box, an $8.95 fee will kick in. Maybe We'll Charge an Extra Fee to Read This
To become a member you have to miss a kick in front of the posts. Times, Sunday Times

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