kick down


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Verb1.kick down - open violently; "kick in the doors"
ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
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h ' There's a need for sensitivity, and the opposite, too - for somebody to kick down the door of whatever the taboos are."
A WANTED man evaded capture by climbing on to his roof as police tried to kick down his front door.
An eclectic mix of music filled the air as some of the fair's bigger rides like, Kick Down, Extreme, Ice Jet and of course the Big Wheel, welcomed their first customers.
But that did not worry Kane who fired his spot kick down the centre of the goal and past his England team mate Joe Hart into the net.
Local media reports said rowdy youths taunted police officers and tried to kick down the metal grills on some shop fronts.
This Kind of vandalism - along with hooligans who breaK windows, KicK down fences and smash garden ornaments - has a detrimental impact on the quality of people's lives.
The 30-year-old claimed the 5,000 metres title at the Luzhniki Stadium, producing another trademark lung-bursting kick down the home straight, just six days after racing to glory in the 10,000m.
Flood was in fine form and it was his superb kick down field that found Neil Morris, who charged over.
The alarm prompted bosses at the Holiday Inn in Homer Road, Solihull, to kick down the door and rescue the occupants who had somehow not been woken by the alarm.
The perforations on the edges of the cradle's saddle allow a worker to kick down one or both sides of the cradle, enabling the roll to be pushed manually onto an adjacent pallet or directly onto a forklift for further movement.
In perhaps the most thrilling finish of the day, Narbonne used a tremendous kick down the homestretch to record a come-from-behind victory in the 400-meter run at the Central Mass.
The opening try was not long coming when the visitors were quickly dispossessed of the ball in the backs and a speculative kick down field was gathered by Rhodri Parry who touched down for a converted score.