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kick up

/kɪk ʌp/

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verb

/kɪk ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения вызывания подъёма или увеличения чего-либо, часто пыли или проблем, или внезапного начала чего-либо.

A phrasal verb used to indicate causing something to rise or increase, often dust or trouble, or to start something suddenly.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Cause dust or particles to riseinformal

    To cause something, such as dust or dirt, to rise into the air by kicking or moving.

    ruПоднимать

    • The children kicked up dust as they ran across the field.
    • The car kicked up gravel from the road.
    • He kicked up a cloud of snow while walking.

    Synonymschurn uppuff upraisestir upthrow up

  2. Cause trouble or a fussinformal

    To create a disturbance, argument, or complaint about something.

    ruПоднять шум

    • She kicked up a fuss when her order was wrong.
    • The neighbors kicked up a row about the loud music.
    • He kicked up a stink over the new policy.

    Synonymsraise a stink

  3. Increase intensity or speedinformal

    To increase the level, intensity, or speed of something.

    ruУвеличить интенсивность или скорость

    • The band kicked up the tempo for the final song.
    • We need to kick up the pace if we want to finish on time.
    • The engine kicked up a notch as we climbed the hill.

    Synonymsaccelerateboostescalateheightenincreaseintensifyramp upstep up

    Antonymsdecreasediminishlessenmoderatereduceslow

Forms
  • kicked up past participle
  • kicked up past simple
  • kicking up present participle
  • kicks up third person singular

Base verbkick

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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