VERB
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evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple -
cause to rise by kicking
kick up dust
NOUN
- raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand
How To Use kick up In A Sentence
- Thousands of legs, like a giant millipede crawling across the floodplain, kick up puffs of blush-colored dust.
- They could do with a kick up the backside. The Sun
- He gave me a kick up the backside but he saved my career. Times, Sunday Times
- ‘I'm a bit lazy and need a kick up the bum sometimes,’ he says.
- So the Paralympics should be the kick up the backside we need. The Sun
- Perhaps that was the kick up the backside he needed. The Sun
- Perhaps it has given him a kick up the backside. Times, Sunday Times
- He is there to give us the kick up the backside if we need it, or he can put his arm around you. Times, Sunday Times
- Instead, I'm prevaricating, dwelling on ‘stuff’, undoubtedly thinking too much, and generally needing motivation, probably in the form of a swift kick up the backside.
- The charity ball is a chance to kick up your heels and help a good cause.
