kick up

动词 v.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
To raise, to increase (a price). US,broadly,figuratively,informal,transitive

— The rent has been kicked up again.
To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance). figuratively,informal,transitive

— In truth, these little men were so far out of the reach of their masters, that they considered themselves as little less than immortal, and often kicked up a dust for the sole purpose of showing their authority.
To make more exciting. colloquial,transitive

— kick it up a notch
To show anger (about something). informal,intransitive

— He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.
To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up. US,informal,intransitive

— The car is kicking up.
To move sharply upward.

— See, that rod there is supposed to kick up to engage the gear.
To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command. slang

— You have to kick up some money to the boss.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up. intransitive,transitive

— You could tell where he had been by the cloud of dust he had kicked up.

kicks up present,singular,third-person kicking up participle,present kicked up participle,past kicked up past

衍生词

kickup kick up a stew