kick-up
Example Sentences
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“All you do is a little kick-up on advertising to keep the awareness there,” he says.
From BusinessWeek
To combat dust kick-up, the cart boys apply a greasy coat of Armor All to the tires, interior, and even the steering wheel.
From Golf Digest
When the governor told me about this kick-up to-night, I wrote to Mary and told her all about it, and asked her to come up, and so on, and said I'd run down to Brighton this morning to bring her up, and told her the train I'd come by, and asked her to meet me at the station.
From Project Gutenberg
"If the king dies," said he, "and his health is very bad, there will certainly be a kick-up."
From Project Gutenberg
She’s my kick-up dollee!” sang the little Cho-Cho-San.
From Project Gutenberg
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