to kick in
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /kɪk ɪn/
:
hacer efecto
- It usually takes about 30 minutes for the medicine to kick in and provide relief.
- begin to kick in
- rules kick in
And when that kicks in, it's bliss, you know?
- And when that kicks in, it's bliss, you know?
- But wow, this coffee needs to kick in first, folks.
- But then, you know, the addiction cycle kicked in and and they were hooked.
- And so a strategy kicks in called use them or lose them.
- And and then when the song kicks in, the bass does not disappear.
- That's when the kindness kicked in, when I made that decision.
- And then the Netflix will kick in after and then that's it.
- You see, the fight or flight response that most animals have kicks in when they feel threatened.
- You focus on sending them referrals first and then that machine kicks in and goes forever.
- Is that when the rage really kicked in or were you calm about that thinking?
- The third thing is we're seeing growth hormone kick in.
- So as the sleep window opens up, the sleep pressure kicks in and then you go to sleep.
- But when I don't feel good, excusitis kicks in and I'm out.
- And again, that's where your writer brain kicks in.
- When facing challenges, he says your mind kicks in and thinks beyond the norm.
- And so my fear kicked in as I was dating my wife for two years.
- My now honed instinct for that would kick in.
- When does the the Lyme disease situation kick in?
- And once devaluing starts, the trauma bonding process slowly kicks in.
Examples
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You never know when those instincts are gonna kick in.
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How long before it kicks in?
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But wow, this coffee needs to kick in first, folks.
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Well uh... these things take time to kick in.
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It's gonna take 20 minutes for these things to kick in.
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I thought for sure your add would have kicked in by now.
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Once that kicked in, I was flying.
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The emergency lighting is gonna kick in.
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I'm not sure how long it takes to kick in.
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The drugs are kicking in.
Synonyms
64
5.4
To begin and then continue, often about bad things like rain or worry
Antonyms
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The contribution sense is somewhat derivable from 'kick' (to thrust) + 'in' (into), as if pushing money into a shared pot, so there is a transparent metaphorical link. However, this is a colloquial, extended use of the verb with multiple senses (e.g. take effect), and the money-specific meaning is not fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
Kick in comes from the image of giving a sudden kick so something moves in and starts, like kicking a machine or the moment a medicine suddenly works inside you. So kick in means 'to start to have an effect'.