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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

kick off

· kick· off · IPA
01 v. i. To kick the football from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score; as, they kicked off at two o'clock.
  1. 1.
    To kick the football from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score; as, they kicked off at two o'clock.(Football)
02 v. t. to begin; to commence; as, they kicked off the rally with a playing of the national anthem.
  1. 1.
    to begin; to commence; as, they kicked off the rally with a playing of the national anthem.
Syn. begin, commence, start.