KICKED OVER Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked over

verb

past tense of kick over

as in turned over

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Once the investigation was completed, the department said the case would be turned over to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
The backfield is turned over to Aneyas Williams, who had a decent enough year last year.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned over

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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

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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
Not since voters passed Proposition 13, an iconic property tax limit, in 1978 and touched off tax revolts in other states has a California measure potentially affected America’s taxation policies so broadly.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of touched off

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On that fateful morning, Siby was awakened by a frantic phone call from a co-worker’s wife and turned on his TV to see the North Tower engulfed in flames.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
My favorite picture in the book finds a sensibly blue Subaru station wagon that has somehow turned on its side in the middle of the night.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of turned on

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Smith said when the Dodgers activated him at the beginning of the month.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The baseline battery life for AirPods 5 enables up to five hours of playback with active noise cancellation activated on a single charge, which exceeds the older AirPods model by one hour.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of activated

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Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Crazy was so used to doing nothing; the thought of doing anything triggered his fight or flight.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of triggered

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Michigan’s offensive line, a unit that was expected to be a strength, generated little push against Western Michigan’s defensive front.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Firefighters hacked through wood, slate and concrete trench lines, a process the Reserve Organization of America says likely generated silica-containing dust.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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