to kick down
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5.5
- phrasal verb
- /kɪk daʊn/
:
derribar a patadas
- You don’t open the door, I’m going to kick it down, Vera.
- kick down the door
Oh my God, I don't know why they don't just kick down the doors.
- Oh my God, I don't know why they don't just kick down the doors.
- Sometimes they won't, and then you need to kick that door down.
- And listen, am I saying we should go to Shane Dawson's house and kick down his door?
- So Tony's come round the house with Craig, kicked the door down, didn't book him, knock and walk in, kick the door down.
- But one of the things I think of when I watch Hollywood is even the even the slightest of cops, they're always, they're always kicking down doors with the with the one kick.
- Later we put the possum, Kate was in the bathroom and we put the possum in the bathroom with her and she proceeded to kick the door down.
Examples
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Don't kick the door down.
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Gotta kick the door down!
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All right, get back, I gotta kick the door down.
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Should I kick down the door and start shooting?
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At that point, I knew that I had to make entry, and I kicked the door down.
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That's your plan, kick the door down and charge?
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Oh my God, I don't know why they don't just kick down the doors.
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Bosco wanted to kick down doors and be a badass too.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rackin covers as he takes a deep breath and kicks down the door, springing inside with the shotgun.
Fiction book (1999) -
The police had no choice but to kick down the door when they heard someone inside in danger.
Synonyms
93
3.0
Use force to make someone or something fall to the ground
38
4.1
Force a door or gate open by hitting it hard with your foot
13
2.1
To open something suddenly by force, for example a locked door or jar
8
8.6
To force open a door or window with a small metal bar
1
3.5
To force open a door or window to get inside
1
7.1
Force a door open by hitting it hard
1
4.6
Pull a door quickly and hard to open it
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to force something open by kicking' is directly derivable from combining 'kick' (to strike with the foot) with 'down' (to bring or make something fall/lower); the image of kicking something so it falls or is knocked open is literal and compositional. This follows a regular English verb+particle pattern with cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows both words will very likely infer the meaning.
Etymology
Kick down comes from a simple image of using your foot to kick a door so it falls down and gives way. That's why it means 'to force something open by kicking it'.