kick off

kick off
1) PHRASAL VERB In soccer, when the players kick off, they start a game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch.

[V P] Liverpool kicked off an hour ago.

2) PHR-V-ERG If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.

[V P] The shows kick off on October 24th...

[V P n (not pron)] The Mayor kicked off the party...

[V P with n] We kicked off with a slap-up dinner. [Also V n P]

3) PHRASAL VERB If you kick off your shoes, you shake your feet so that your shoes come off.

[V P n (not pron)] She stretched out on the sofa and kicked off her shoes. [Also V n P]

4) PHRASAL VERB To kick someone off an area of land means to force them to leave it. [INFORMAL]

[V n P n] We can't kick them off the island. [Also V n P]


English dictionary. 2008.

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