Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The apparatus used in kicking down. See
to kick down .
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Examples
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The transmission kick-down engaged and the skinny bald tires started to spin.
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So, we're about to see whether that old addage about it taking only one jackass donkey? to kick-down a barn is true?
"Barns for Obama." Ann Althouse 2008
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Sure, Bolton at the UN would be a national embarrassment with his kick-down style.
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It must get tiring for all these kiss-up, kick-down defenders of the economic elite.
Think Progress » Unemployment rate hits four-month high, 2007
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE: He's a quintessential kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy.
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OF STATE: He's a quintessential kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy.
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CHIEF: He's a quintessential kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy.
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CARL FORD, FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: He's a quintessential kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy.
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The fleet package includes basic shifter controls with Grade Gripper (hill-start assist) and MackCellerator (kick-down) available as options.
Truck News : Headline News Truck News 2010
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Features first introduced in the I-Shift, such as a kick-down feature that provides improved acceleration in passing situations and a hill-start assist feature called Grade Gripper, have been adapted for use in the mDRIVE.
Truck News : Headline News Truck News 2010
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