kick in
verb
kicked in; kicking in; kicks 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
Examples of kick in in a Sentence
if everyone in the department kicks in, we can give him an especially nice present for his retirement
the ornery cuss finally kicked in at the ripe old age of 90
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Those tariffs would have kicked in starting June 1.
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Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The reinsurance policies typically only kick in after about 400 million euros worth of losses are absorbed by the primary insurance provider.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 25 May 2025
The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
In Cannes, the power cut briefly interrupted screenings in the Palais des Festival, before a generator kicked in, while a press conference for Kelly Reichardt’s Mastermind continued as normal.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 May 2025
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Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
The reinsurance policies typically only kick in after about 400 million euros worth of losses are absorbed by the primary insurance provider.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 25 May 2025
The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2025
In Cannes, the power cut briefly interrupted screenings in the Palais des Festival, before a generator kicked in, while a press conference for Kelly Reichardt’s Mastermind continued as normal.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for kick in
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“Kick in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20in. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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