Definition of "kick up" []

• Used other than as an idiom: see kick,‎ up. (verb)
• To raise, to increase (a price). (verb)
• To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance). (verb)
• To show anger (about something). (verb)
• To function improperly, to show signs of disorder, (of an illness) to flare up. (verb)

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• "Daffodils and hyacinths, she thought, swinging her arms to kick up her heart rate."
• "Continuously contract the muscles you are about to stretch on the front of your chest and the inside of your arms by pressing against the floor as you kick up into a hand-stand."
• "Her red sneakers kick up dust as she races to another trailer, this one covered with Christmas lights and feathers and windcatchers."