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"text": "Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside.",
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"To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards."
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"(transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards."
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"_dis1": "87 9 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards",
"word": "potkaista sisään"
},
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"_dis1": "87 9 3 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyšibátʹ",
"sense": "To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards",
"word": "вышиба́ть"
}
]
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"To kick or strike (a person); to beat up"
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"(transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up"
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"ref": "2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), Julie Delpy (actor)",
"text": "People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct that kicks in.",
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"ref": "2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289",
"text": "Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.]",
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"text": "You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in.",
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"text": "I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet.",
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"To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way."
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"_dis1": "8 4 72 15",
"code": "fi",
"english": "start to have an effect",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
},
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"_dis1": "8 4 72 15",
"code": "fi",
"english": "start, of a machine etc.",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "alkaa käydä"
},
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"_dis1": "8 4 72 15",
"alt": "неожи́данно (neožídanno)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vključatʹsja",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "включаться"
},
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"_dis1": "8 4 72 15",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podključatʹsja",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
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"text": "For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars."
},
{
"text": "This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in."
}
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"To contribute, especially to a collection of money."
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"(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money."
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"_dis1": "2 2 2 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"word": "lahjoittaa"
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"_dis1": "2 2 2 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"word": "kaivaa kuvetta"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vnosítʹ",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вноси́ть долю"
}
]
}
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"(transitive) To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards."
],
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"transitive"
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"English transitive verbs"
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"To kick or strike (a person); to beat up"
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"(transitive, slang) To kick or strike (a person); to beat up"
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"text": "People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct that kicks in.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 289",
"text": "Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet.",
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"To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) To start, connect, or take effect, especially in a sudden way."
],
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{
"text": "For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars."
},
{
"text": "This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in."
}
],
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"To contribute, especially to a collection of money."
],
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"contribute",
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],
[
"collection",
"collection"
],
[
"money",
"money"
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],
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"(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money."
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards",
"word": "potkaista sisään"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vyšibátʹ",
"sense": "To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards",
"word": "вышиба́ть"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "start to have an effect",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "alkaa vaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "start, of a machine etc.",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "alkaa käydä"
},
{
"alt": "неожи́данно (neožídanno)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vključatʹsja",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "включаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podključatʹsja",
"sense": "To start or connect suddenly",
"word": "подключаться"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"word": "lahjoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"word": "kaivaa kuvetta"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vnosítʹ",
"sense": "To contribute, especially to a collection of money",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вноси́ть долю"
}
],
"word": "kick in"
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