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What does ‘kick in’ mean?

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Rebecca

"Kick in" is a phrasal verb and stands for "come into effect", "get started" Ex: The doctor said it'll take 1 hour for the medicine to kick in. Ex: The spiciness really kicks in when eating ramen. Ex: I think it'll take a moment until reality really kicks in.

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