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Definition of Kick down
1. Verb. Open violently. "Kick in the doors"
Definition of Kick down
1. Verb. to break or demolish something by physical bodily force. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kick Down
Literary usage of Kick down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a by James Montgomery Bailey (1873)
"... over its back, or around a corner, and, in a case of emergency, it can kick
down its throat. If it was cross-eyed it could not be more uncertain. ..."
2. British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from by Owen Williams (1828)
"And shall I now, at once, kick down the character which I have raised so warily?
Plant. Nay, nay, talk like a man of this •world. ..."
3. The Stickit Minister: And Some Common Men by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1894)
"... would kick down all their hard work and start over again on a new and ...
begged Jiminy not to kick down a specially noble tower built with mud, ..."
4. Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell (1843)
"kick down an aide-de-camp ! that would indeed be an unusual feat.' . " ' Well,
Sir, that very feat is worth the remainder of the battle. ..."
5. Lincoln Centennial: Addresses Delivered at the Memorial Exercises Held at ...by Illinois Lincoln Centennial Commission by Illinois Lincoln Centennial Commission (1909)
"It is easy for a strong man or a strong race to kick down a weak man or a weak race.
It is ignoble to kick down; it is noble to lift up as Lincoln sought to ..."
6. On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art by Dutton Cook (1883)
"... was wont " to kick down his chair, which, by making a sudden noise, it was
imagined, would contribute to the perturbation and terror of the incident. ..."
7. On the Stage: Studies of Theatrical History and the Actor's Art by Dutton Cook (1883)
"Upon the entry of the Ghost in the Closet Scene, Hamlet was wont " to kick down
his chair, which, by making a sudden noise, it was imagined, ..."
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