KICK OVER Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

kick over

verb

Definition of kick over

as in to turn over

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Recent Examples of kick over Subsequent tense interactions with law enforcement have been captured on video, such as one in which a DHS officer deliberately kicked over a candle placed at a memorial for Good. — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026 More than 70% of kicks over 50 yards are successful these days, a dramatic increase in accuracy from only five years ago. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026 Named to the Pro Bowl in 2020, the South Korean kicker has made 185 of 215 (86%) kicks over his career. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 2 Dec. 2025 Samus arrives to clean up some mess (usually revolving around the vampiric Metroid creatures) and is forced to survive in an inhospitable alien world, kicking over every stone and x-ray scanning for trinkets to help guide her path. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kick over

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick over

Verb

Before, the city seemed to have been run by bankers and media professionals and fashion people and celebrities, but now Manhattan had been turned over to men in urban-warfare attire, with brawny forearms and high-and-tight haircuts.

— Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
The ground beneath them has turned over; Darnell Nurse has been replaced with Shea after the latter’s breakout season with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of turn over

Verb

Then a bad pit stop set off a sequence of events that cost him dearly.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Nationwide, investments in computing power sparked by the new technology of artificial intelligence have set off a commercial land rush, sending property values soaring in unlikely and out-of-the-way places.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of set off

Verb

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, for example, have touched off a trade war with one of the United States’ closest allies.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
That touched off several years of legal confusion, including lower court rulings that disagreed with each other.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of touch off

Verb

The Browns always envisioned defensive tackle Maliek Collins being activated from the physically unable to perform list in time to ramp up for the opener, and Collins is on schedule.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Not even in World War II had this full continuity posture been activated in this manner, and Stafford had to execute a plan the nation had trained for but never used.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of activate

Verb

That was enough to power the film to the best opening weekend in Scream history.

— Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026
Onslaught Is All Blood, No Guts Adam Wingard’s latest film is a too-slick wannabe grindhouse action-slasher lacking the engine necessary to power it.

— Britina Cheng, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of power

Verb

Flow batteries support longer storage The feasibility study will provide an initial assessment of how the technology could move toward commercial applications.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Ask how much is involved, when money will move, and what each person is expected to contribute.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026