kick up

verb8

1. •
   To move sharply upward.

   • See, that rod there is supposed to kick up to engage the gear.
2. •
   (informal, figurative) To stir up (trouble), to cause (a disturbance).

   • It is no wonder that they are often heavy and indisposed, and demand on the next morning a visit to the medicine-chest to get rid of the superfluous food, which has already kicked up a disturbance. — 1874
3. •
   (informal) To show anger (about something).

   • He kicked up about it when they told him the train had been cancelled.
4. •
   (informal, figurative) To raise, to increase (a price).

   • The rent has been kicked up again.
5. •
   (informal) To make more exciting.

   • kick it up a notch
6. •
   To rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
7. •
   (US, informal) To function improperly; to show signs of disorder; (of an illness) to flare up.

   • The car is kicking up.
8. •
   (slang) To pass (something, such as a proposal or a share of a bribe) up a hierarchy or chain of command.

   • You have to kick up some money to the boss.
   • Let me kick your offer up and see what the execs say.