kick in

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of KICK IN

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>

Synonyms chip in, kick in, pitch in

Related Words bestow, donate, give, present; award, confer, dole (out), endow; afford, furnish, provide

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

Synonyms check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], pass (on), pass away, part, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb

Related Words predecease; consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail

Near Antonyms come to, revive; linger; be, exist, subsist; flourish, prosper, thrive

Antonyms breathe, live

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