kick off

Meaning

1. (ambitransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
2. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch; to set in motion.
3. (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
4. (US, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive) To die or quit permanently.
5. (US, idiomatic, intransitive) To shut down or turn off suddenly.
6. (idiomatic, intransitive) To suddenly become more active.
7. (US, idiomatic, slang, transitive) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.
8. (UK, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
9. (UK, colloquial, idiomatic, impersonal, intransitive) To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue.

Synonyms

inaugurate

pass away

kick away

introduce

break down

conk out

die

💀

give out

begin

kick

lead off

get down

start

commence

initiate

take

throw off

kick the bucket

break into

break out

pass on

promotion

refuse

reject

run

set in

croak

cut out

set in motion

fall

fling

Translations

aftrappen

dare inizio

anstoßen

enlever

verenden

mit dem Fuß stoßen

mit dem Fuß wegstoßen

ausziehen und wegwerfen

έναρξη αγώνα ποδόσφαιρου

αντιδρώ από

débuter

démarrer

mettre à la porte

chasser à coups de pieds

donner le coup d’envoi