kick up

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kick up - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kick up
      n 1: raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a
           first movement in doing a handstand
      v 1: cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
      2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a
         quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call   forth
         , kick up]