to kick off
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3.5
- phrasal verb
- /kɪk ɔf/
:
iniciar
- A family swim is a great way to kick off the summer.
- kick off a project
- kick off a campaign
- kick off new programs
And now let's kick it off with some Drew's news.
- And now let's kick it off with some Drew's news.
- So without any further ado, let's kick things off and start by looking up.
- All right, so I'm going to kick it off with a couple from last week.
- How how are these hearings that are going to kick off tomorrow night different?
- So with that said, we're going to kick off this show.
- When the riot kicked off, the place was filling up with smoke.
- So that one should kick off my team quite good.
Examples
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And now let's kick it off with some Drew's news.
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It's time for the show, so let's kick things off with some fun.
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This is where they kick off their latest campaign.
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We're going to try something different to kick off the year, as a way of getting to know one another.
Fiction book (2002) -
The label wanted to kick off the release with a major promotion.
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The Engineering a Better Quality of Life campaign was kicked off during National Engineers Week 2001.
Academic text (2001) -
All right, so let's kick it off with our first giveaway.
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We're going to kick things off with Italian Subs.
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OK guys, so why don't we kick things off with Ryan's story first?
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The conference will kick off with a keynote address from the CEO.
Synonyms
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1.0
To begin an action, event or process
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1.0
To start an activity, event, or speech
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1.0
To begin an event or activity
504
3.7
To start something new with energy, often in public
426
4.5
To start something such as a project or discussion
38
3.0
To make a machine or system begin to work
32
6.3
To officially begin something, often in a ceremony
10
3.8
To start an event or activity, for example a speech
8
4.2
Help a project, plan, or the economy begin quickly
4
3.8
To start something quickly and give it extra energy to grow
1
4.3
Begin speaking or acting quickly with energy about a topic
1
5.1
To start a project or activity
To begin an event by doing the first action
Antonyms
How Formal
- Formal
32
6.3
- Formal
161
4.4
504
3.7
129
3.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
kick + off
The meaning 'to start' is derived metaphorically from literal 'kick' + 'off' (as in a sports kick-off) rather than from a straightforward compositional rule; a B1 learner who knows the words might guess the ‘beginning’ sense if they recognize the sports metaphor, but this is not fully predictable from the parts alone. Because the particle 'off' and the action 'kick' combine in an extended, idiomatic way with cross-linguistic variation, the expression is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb kick off comes from ball games, where play begins when a player literally kicks the ball off the centre spot. So, the phrase now means 'to start' an event or activity.