kick in | Idiomator

Meaning: To kick; to collapse or break by kicking.(transitive)Tokickorstrikeso as to cause the object struck tocollapseor fall inwards.Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerbykicked inthe front door and yelled to those inside.You touch me again, I swear I’llkickyour teethin.(transitive,slang)Tokickorstrike(a person); tobeat up.; To begin, contribute or join in on.(intransitive,idiomatic)Tostart,connect, ortake effect, especially in a sudden way; to beginfunctioning.You have to push the switch hard to get the heater tokick in.I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn'tkicked inyet.2013,Richard Linklater,Julie Delpy,Ethan Hawke,Before Midnight(motion picture),Julie Delpy(actor):People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct thatkicks in.2005,Sean Dooley,The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page289:Once the wetkicksin up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.](slang)Tojoinorbegin.You shouldkick inon the work.The rhythm section willkick inafter that point.(transitiveandintransitive,idiomatic)Tocontribute, especially to acollectionofmoney; tohand over.For the year-end party, we're asking each employee tokick intwenty dollars.This is a worthy charity, so everyone shouldkick in.; (idiomatic)To die; togive upon something.The business is going tokick inmost likely.

Examples:

EN: Yeah, the best man I know of to kick in with a nice handsome present in cash.
ES: (¡¿El testigo? ! )
EN: I oughta give you a kick in the backside for startin' all this.
ES: Debería darte una patada en el trasero por empezar todo esto.
EN: You got a kick in the face.
ES: Recibiste un puntapié en la cara.
EN: Relax, he just needs a kick in the ass.
ES: Relájate, sólo necesita una patada en el culo.
EN: Somebody ought to give me a good swift kick in the pants.
ES: Me merezco un buen castigo.
EN: - And a kick in the pants. - We didn't answer back.
ES: - Nosotros no contestamos.
EN: - That's the kick in having them.
ES: - Es lo bueno de tenerlos.
EN: You're going to take it and kick in with the dough.
ES: Vas a aceptarla y pagarás por ella.
EN: A kick in the back, and the head plunges over the rail.
ES: Una patada en la espalda, en la cabeza y se desploma desde la baranda.
EN: I'll be yours if you don't kick in with that $10.
ES: La tuya si no me dejas esos 10 dòlares.
EN: İ think that gilmurry is due for his first legal kick in the pants.
ES: Creo que a Gilmurry le corresponde recibir sus primeros goles en contra.
EN: Yeah? He tells me any more of his lies and I'm gonna kick in his face. Oh-ho-ho.
ES: Si me miente otra vez, le parto la cara.
EN: Alright, you apes. Come on, kick in with that ten smackers.
ES: Vamos, aflojad esos 10 dólares.
EN: It's a story with a kick in it, you might get hurt.
ES: Una noticia bomba, cuidado que no te dé en la cara.
EN: Not one kick in her.
ES: Ni pizca de potencia.

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