| 单词 | to kick down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto kick down to kick down transitive and intransitive. To operate a kick-down device (see kick-down n.). ΚΠ 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. (at cited word) To kick down, to bore (a well) by a drill worked as follows: A wooden casing is sunk in the ground or rock for a few feet and the boring-tool works inside of and is guided by this casing... The tool is moved or kicked down by the pressure of the operators' feet. 1959 Observer 1 Mar. 21/5 Second can be obtained by kicking down the accelerator. 1963 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 116/2 More effort was needed to ‘kick~down’ on the Zephyr 6. < as lemmas |
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