kick in

參見：kickin'

英語

kick in (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 kicks in，現在分詞 kicking in，一般過去時及過去分詞 kicked in)

(及物) 踢倒，朝里踢
Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside.
聽到起火的房子裡有居民，路人踢開了前門，朝裡面的人大喊。
(及物，俚語) 踢；暴打
(不及物，俗語，尤指突然間) 起效；出現；啟動；開始
- 2013, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight (motion picture), Julie Delpy（演員）:
  People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct that kicks in.
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- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin，第 289 頁:
  Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth.]
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You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in.
你要用力推開關，才能把暖氣打開。

I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet.
我一小時前服的藥，現在還沒見效。
(及物和不及物，俗語) 貢獻，交（到某個籌款活動）
For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars.
我們要求每個員工給年末聚會交20美元。

This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in.
這個慈善活動很有意義，每個人都應該捐點錢。