kick over
verb
kicked over; kicking over; kicks over
: to begin to fire
—used of an internal combustion engine
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Now, the city is kicking over another hornet’s nest in setting the stage for a legal showdown over the meaning and scope of the 2016 law.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Investigators had more grounds for suspicion: Two .380 bullet casings were recovered on the passenger side of the patrol SUV, well away from the roadway, and no markings to suggest that they had been inadvertently kicked over or displaced by a car tire.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
The video then kicks over to Eli Manning, who delivers the news that Wallen’s One Night at a Time tour is extending into the new year, with new dates beginning in April 2024.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Frustrated beyond manners, some of the wandering have taken to trodding directly across the blankets, nonchalantly kicking over anything in their paths.
—Jackson Landers, Spin, 14 Aug. 2023
Chaplin was sharing a table with Russian aristocrats and violinist Jascha Heifetz and saw Julian and his buddies kick over a lamp and generally behave like ruffians.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Vazquez went first in the shootout and skied his kick over the bar, but the Yanks prevailed anyway thanks to a pair of saves from goalkeeper Matt Turner and were on their way to San Diego for the semis.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
When Fosbury got started in the sport, high jumpers ran parallel to the bar and straddle-kicked over it.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
That made voters kick over the traces again.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Investigators had more grounds for suspicion: Two .380 bullet casings were recovered on the passenger side of the patrol SUV, well away from the roadway, and no markings to suggest that they had been inadvertently kicked over or displaced by a car tire.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
The video then kicks over to Eli Manning, who delivers the news that Wallen’s One Night at a Time tour is extending into the new year, with new dates beginning in April 2024.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
Frustrated beyond manners, some of the wandering have taken to trodding directly across the blankets, nonchalantly kicking over anything in their paths.
—Jackson Landers, Spin, 14 Aug. 2023
Chaplin was sharing a table with Russian aristocrats and violinist Jascha Heifetz and saw Julian and his buddies kick over a lamp and generally behave like ruffians.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Vazquez went first in the shootout and skied his kick over the bar, but the Yanks prevailed anyway thanks to a pair of saves from goalkeeper Matt Turner and were on their way to San Diego for the semis.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
When Fosbury got started in the sport, high jumpers ran parallel to the bar and straddle-kicked over it.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 14 Mar. 2023
That made voters kick over the traces again.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
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“Kick over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20over. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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