1.
In football, when the players ~, 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 ~ 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 ~ 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