kick up
kick
kÉĒk
kik
up
ƌp
ap
/kˈÉĒk ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "kick up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to kick up
[phrase form: kick]
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āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to increase the price of something
to kick up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government is kicking taxes up to fund new infrastructure projects.
āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to force something to rise into the air, particularly by kicking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soccer player is kicking up grass as they dribble down the field.
āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϘāĻžāϏ āωāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stir up or provoke a reaction or response
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team's victory has kicked up a lot of excitement in the city.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to express anger or annoyance about something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the meeting, he kept kicking up complaints about the project.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of illnesses) to suddenly worsen or intensify
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doctor is worried that the patient's infection is kicking up.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āύ āϝ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of wind or storms) to intensify or increase in strength
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind is starting to kick up, so we should head inside.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāϤāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to experience problems or irregularities in operation or behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The old engine is starting to kick up, and I think it needs to be replaced.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ

raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ