How to Use kick in in a Sentence
kick in
verb
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Kane buried the spot kick in the 54th, tying the score.
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Nancy Armour,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2022
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That’s when the good stuff—the joy and the meaning—kick in.
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Blair Braverman,
Outside Online,
7 July 2022
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The system kicked in and safely brought the train to a stop on the tracks.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
27 Dec. 2024
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Kind of had to give him a big brother kick in the butt about it.
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Duane Rankin,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Dec. 2022
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It was found that both had tried to kick in the other’s door.
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cleveland,
11 Mar. 2022
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There are a lot of instincts, a lot of things that kick in and switch on.
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Sophie Dodd,
Peoplemag,
31 Jan. 2023
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So what takes a while to kick in will also stay a while.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
21 July 2022
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The drums kick in shortly after and rarely let up over the record’s hour.
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Mark Richardson,
WSJ,
1 Aug. 2022
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That’s where my patience, as well as my faith, had to kick in.
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Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2024
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But the city is likely to have to kick in at least some portion.
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Kaitlin Durbin,
cleveland,
19 June 2022
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That’s where the cable portion of this drop set kicks in.
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Jeff Tomko,
Men's Health,
24 Mar. 2023
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Wu is asking the state to kick in $10 million for the effort.
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James Vaznis,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 May 2022
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Each sip is like a welcomed kick in the mouth by a Christmas tree.
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Aly Walansky,
Forbes,
7 June 2022
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By the time the chorus of that song kicked in, a small group of dancers had gathered in the space between the screen and the front row.
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Amy Phillips,
Pitchfork,
16 Oct. 2023
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The more equity investors kick in for the deal, the less Musk has to pay on his own.
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CBS News,
26 Oct. 2022
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The app comes with 10 free messages and then paid plans kick in after that.
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Tor Constantino, Mba,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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Once the genes kick in and your hair turns white, the melanin that created the hair color is gone.
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Fiona Embleton,
Allure,
4 Nov. 2022
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But at top volumes, the DSP kicks in and really thins out the lows.
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PCMAG,
30 May 2024
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To get in on the fun, register online and kick in the $30 entry, which jumps to $35 the day of the derby.
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cleveland,
17 Mar. 2022
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The real fun kicked in when Rome got up to use his Steal-a-Vote and used it on… Kishan.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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More steady rain will kick in overnight, and Thursday promises to be a wet day.
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oregonlive,
10 May 2022
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They got married in 2015, but now the seven-year itch has kicked in and the pair are dunzo.
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Vulture,
17 July 2023
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The Blue Raiders, in, fact, have nine players on the team who have blocked at least one kick in their career.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Dec. 2022
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Within a minute of coming home, the door was getting kicked in.
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Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
19 Dec. 2024
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Two deputies went a few houses down the street from the caller and found a door that appeared to have been kicked in.
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CBS News,
3 Aug. 2024
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But sometimes a kick in the tail is needed to help spur real change.
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Ben Volin,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Nov. 2022
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And in the second half, the Broncos’ resiliency kicked in.
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Ryan McFadden,
The Denver Post,
26 Nov. 2024
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The new refund rules could kick in as soon as early next year, the people said.
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David Benoit,
WSJ,
28 Nov. 2022
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But its new lower Medicare price won't kick in until January of 2026.
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Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
14 Jan. 2025
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This can be a very broad category, ranging from spanking, to slapping someone in the face, to using accessories like riding crops, to getting kicked in the crotch.
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Quispe López,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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