kicked in

verb

past tense of kick in
1
as in contributed
to make a donation as part of a group effort if everyone in the department kicks in, we can give him an especially nice present for his retirement

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as in died
slang to stop living the ornery cuss finally kicked in at the ripe old age of 90

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Recent Examples of kicked in Michael MacIvor was hit in the back of the head with a blunt object and kicked in the midsection before being strangled. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The details play like a movie, the tender indie sort, a period piece, a portrait of the nation before the 1960s truly kicked in. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Grupe kicked in windy conditions at the Rams’ Woodland Hills facility on Thursday and Friday. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Michael Douglas' basic instincts kicked in at the right time and right place. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 But as nerves kicked in, Taylor three-putted the 17th and thought his chances were dwindling. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 The tally was up 12% from 2024-25 as the league’s new 11-year, $76 billion national media deal kicked in. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026 As the impact of the sanctions kicked in, Huawei's consumer business — once the company's largest by revenue — halved to about $34 billion in 2021 from the year before. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Ezeudu was kicked in the back of the leg in the Giants’ preseason game against the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, but the team described him as day to day before the trade. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked in
  1. contributed
  2. died
  3. donated
  4. fell
  5. perished
Verb
  • Dennis Schroder added 25 points and Naz Reid contributed 23 points for Charlotte.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
  • OutKick's Scott Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of contributed
Verb
  • Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in an accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • Miami Dolphins owner and Palm Beach developer Stephen Ross donated $1 million to Friends of Byron Donalds PAC in September.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Wherever possible, leftover materials are reused or donated to local apprentice schools.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of donated
Verb
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • The couple perished in an Oregon highway crash in November 2025.
    — Eric Mack , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The organization had been personally impacted – two employees’ sons worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and perished in the North Tower.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of perished

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