English-Finnish translations for kick up

Definition of kick up

• To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up
• To stir up , to cause (a disturbance
• To make more exciting
• To show anger (about something
• To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, to flare up
• To move sharply upward
• To pass something up a hierarchy or chain of command

Examples

• The rent has been kicked up again.
• He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.
• The car is kicking up.
• See, that rod there is supposed to kick up to engage the gear.
• You have to kick up some money to the boss.
• Let me kick your offer up and see what the execs say.
• You could tell where he had been by the cloud of dust he had kicked up.

Related words

• kick up a fuss
• kick up one's heels
• kick up dust
• kick up a shindy
• kick up a row
• give somebody a kick up the arse
• give somebody a kick up the ass