| VERB | contact | kick up | cause to rise by kicking |
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| creation | kick up, provoke, evoke, call forth | evoke or provoke to appear or occur | |
| NOUN | act | kick up | raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground |
| Meaning | Raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a first movement in doing a handstand. | |
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| Part of | handstand | The act of supporting yourself by your hands alone in an upside down position |
| Broader | exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout | The activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit |
| Meaning | Cause to rise by kicking. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "kick up dust" | |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| See also | kick | strike with the foot |
| Meaning | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | provoke, evoke, call forth | |
| Narrower | pick | Provoke |
| Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
| Similar to | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
| Spanish | armar jaleo, causar, evocar, inspirar, ocasionar, provocar | |
| Catalan | causar, provocar | |
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