kick up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for kick up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.kick [Am kɪk, Brit kɪk] N

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

kick up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for kick up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Nearby, local cars kick up dust as they take sidetracks to skirt the two posts.
in.reuters.com
The club was getting a bit run down and it's given it a kick up the backside.
www.teesdalemercury.co.uk
Well, when the numbers look good, and you want to kick up some dust, talk about your metrics.
techcrunch.com
Executives are often the face of company, so your resignation might kick up a flurry of industry speculation.
www.cio.co.nz
All it needs now is an office pet to kick up the whole friendly-workplace-vibe even further up the scale.
lifehacker.com
If somebody wants to do something a certain way, then we are not going to kick up a fuss about it.
www.dailymail.co.uk
They are very grateful for what they get and do not want to kick up a fuss.
www.stuff.co.nz
It gave us a kick up the backside because we had played poorly.
www.dailymail.co.uk
But that may have been the kick up the backside we needed.
www.independent.co.uk
They are allowed to lean their upper body over in order to kick up higher.
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