kick in
Example Sentences
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Retiring at 60 is noble, but your Medicare does not kick in until you are 65.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
"But how they handled it was the kick in the teeth."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Another concerns so-called "sunrise" and "sunset" clauses under which the EU side of the accord would kick in once the United States makes fully good on its pledges, and would expire unless renewed in 2028.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The hangup was when a tax of 130 Canadian dollars a tonne, or the equivalent of about $95, would kick in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
There's only so much time a day that you can spend being terrified of something before your instinct to feel natural human emotions would kick in.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
