From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
kick up
n 1: raising the feet backward with the hands on the ground; a
first movement in doing a handstand
v 1: cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
2: evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a
quarrel between the couple" [syn: provoke, evoke, call
forth, kick up]