kick up

Meaning

1. To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
2. (US, broadly, figuratively, informal, transitive) To raise, to increase (a price).
3. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).
4. (colloquial, transitive) To make more exciting.
5. (informal, intransitive) To show anger (about something).
6. (US, informal, intransitive) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.
7. To move sharply upward.
8. (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.
9. (intransitive, transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kick, up.

Synonyms

fling up

call forth

evoke

provoke

raise

prove

stir up

strain

straining

nisus

fling up one’s heels

arouse

heft up

endeavour

exertion

ignite

leaven

Translations

sollevare

inspirar

nach oben kicken

durchpflügen

déclencher

déterminer

évoquer

faire voler

provoquer

situer

soulever

provocare

scatenare

suscitare

causar