kick over

verb

kicked over; kicking over; kicks over

intransitive verb

: to begin to fire
used of an internal combustion engine

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The Packers had blocked the kick over Matt Pryor on the left side, and Vikings defensive lineman Jerry Tillery pushed forward against Braxton Jones, next to Pryor, on his block. Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024 Beijing may want to displace the United States from the center of the global economy, but that is a different matter from wanting to kick over the table altogether. Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2023 The story takes place in Louisville, Ky., where a group of teenage punks partying in a graveyard come face to face with the aftermath of two youths accidentally kicking over a barrel in a top-secret government facility. Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024 One of them was charged with disturbing the peace, a 90-day misdemeanor, for kicking over flags of the pro-Israel counterprotesters and with ethnic intimidation, a misdemeanor with a maximum one-year sentence. Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for kick over 

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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The first known use of kick over was in 1951

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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20over. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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