kick in
verbDefinition of kick in
1 : to begin operating or having an effect : get started waiting for the heater to kick in
2 : to make a contribution
3 slang : die
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The surge follows a slight lull in Southern California during the normally busy months of July and August, after an earlier round of tariffs kicked in. — Erica E. Phillips, WSJ, "Imports Surge at U.S. Ports as Companies Brace for New Tariffs," 15 Nov. 2018 Alaska Air Group’s third-quarter profit dropped 16 percent compared to a year ago as the cost of fuel rose sharply and employee-wage increases kicked in while fares remained low. — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, "Alaska Air’s quarterly profit falls but management insists better results lie ahead," 25 Oct. 2018 Facebook’s punishment mechanism kicked in, and the ThinkProgress article was cut off from being seen by about 80 percent of its potential Facebook audience. — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, "Facebook blocked the spread of a liberal article because a conservative told it to," 12 Sep. 2018 Federal and local officials say all hospitals now have adequate generators and, in some cases, solar power and energy storage batteries to kick in during a power loss. — Frances Robles, New York Times, "FEMA Was Sorely Unprepared for Puerto Rico Hurricane, Report Says," 12 July 2018 With growing salaries and massive extensions kicking in on the Nuggets roster, the savings are a necessity for the Denver front office. — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, "Sixers acquire Wilson Chandler from Denver Nuggets in trade," 3 July 2018 Maintaining roster flexibility is key, with Russell Westbrook’s max contract kicking in and a need to keep cap space open to try and re-sign Paul George. — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, "2018 NBA Draft: Needs for All 30 Teams," 15 June 2018 The Above tier will cost $95 monthly for one line, with data slowdowns potentially kicking in after the use of 75 GB of data. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Verizon Adds a Third Unlimited Plan Tier With Even More High-Speed Data," 14 June 2018 Between the delay in the opening sounds and the melody kicking in lies a sea of anticipation. — refinery29.com, "New Music To Know: St. Vincent Discos, Big Freedia Karaokes & Weezer Goes To Africa," 1 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kick in.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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