Kick Down (Verb)
Meaning
Open violently; "kick in the doors".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Police had to kick down the door to rescue the hostages held by the terrorists.
- The firefighters were forced to kick down the burning door to reach the trapped family.
- In the action movie, the hero kicks down the door to surprise the villains.
- The strong winds were so powerful that they began to kick down doors in the small town.
- Emergency responders had to kick down the door to get to the people trapped inside the smoke-filled house.