KICK OFF


Meaning of KICK OFF in English

kick off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ kick )

1 . if a meeting, event, or a football game kicks off, it starts:

What time does the laser show kick off?

The match kicks off at noon.

kick off with

The series kicked off with an interview with Brando.

2 . informal if you kick off a discussion, meeting, event etc, you start it:

OK Marion, would you care to kick off?

kick something ↔ off (with something)

I’m going to kick off today’s meeting with a few remarks about the budget.

3 . kick somebody off something informal to remove someone from a team or group:

Joe was kicked off the committee for stealing funds.

4 . American English informal to die

5 . British English spoken if a fight kicks off, people start fighting:

I think it might kick off in here with all these football fans around.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.