kick it
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The researchers describe this as a "kick it while it's down" strategy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The only way you could figure out how far you could kick it was to hit the garage on a fly,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
To kick it off, U.S. stocks are edging modestly lower, with another rise in global crude prices and renewed selling in U.S.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
"Could you not hear me at the end? I wanted us to kick it off," he said later.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Scoot my foot into the door to kick it shut.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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