kick off

kick off
phrasal verb
Word forms "kick off":
present tense I/you/we/they kick off he/she/it kicks off present participle kicking off past tense kicked off past participle kicked off
1) [intransitive/transitive] informal to begin, or to begin something

The show kicks off this week at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco.

kick off with:

I'd like to kick off with a quick look at last month's sales figures.

2) [intransitive] when a football match kicks off, the players start it by kicking the ball

The game kicks off at 7.30.

3) kick someone off something
[transitive] informal to force someone to leave a place or activity

He was kicked off the course for failing to hand in any work.

4) [transitive] to make your shoes come off by shaking your feet

Phyllis kicked off her sandals.

5) [intransitive] British informal to suddenly become very angry or upset and start fighting or arguing

He just kicked off without any warning when he saw her.


English dictionary. 2014.

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  • kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • kick-off — (n.) also kickoff, kick off, 1857, first kick in a football match, from KICK (Cf. kick) (v.) + OFF (Cf. off). Figurative sense of start, beginning event is from 1875 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Kick Off 3 — Éditeur Anco Software Vic Tokai (consoles) Développeur Anco Software Concepteur Steve Screech Date de sortie 1994 Genre Football Mode de jeu …   Wikipédia en Français

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