KICK OFF


Meaning of KICK OFF in English

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

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .