kick-up

Example Sentences

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He describes his campaign as the "kick-up the backside" for Wales to make them an important part of national culture to bring supporters, young and old, together.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2022

“It’ll kick-up this afternoon over southern Kansas and about all of Oklahoma, with rain, wind gusts of 65 mph, hail and tornadoes.”

From Reuters • Apr. 17, 2019

I mean, my biggest fear is that we get a big kick-up in the economy and suddenly it’s only $800 million.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2011

Also check that the kick-up mechanism is operating properly.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a word, there was a desperate kick-up between them, the ane threeping that he would tak the law of the ither immediately.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 by Various