1.
In football, when the players kick off , they start a game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch.
Liverpool kicked off an hour ago.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
2.
If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off , or is kicked off , it begins.
The shows kick off on October 24th...
The Mayor kicked off the party...
We kicked off with a slap-up dinner.
PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P n (not pron) , V P with n , also V n P
3.
If you kick off your shoes, you shake your feet so that your shoes come off.
She stretched out on the sofa and kicked off her shoes.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
4.
To kick someone off an area of land means to force them to leave it. ( INFORMAL )
We can’t kick them off the island.
PHRASAL VERB : V n P n , also V n P