"kick off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-kick off.ogg [Australia] Forms: kicks off [present, singular, third-person], kicking off [participle, present], kicked off [participle, past], kicked off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kick off (third-person singular simple present kicks off, present participle kicking off, simple past and past participle kicked off)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to make the first kick in a game): anstoßen (German), antreten (German), anspielen (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-5vHpCX1y Disambiguation of 'to make the first kick in a game': 83 2 3 1 4 1 3 2 0
  2. (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: start off Translations (to start): anfangen (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-cySIDIu- Disambiguation of 'to start': 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 17 19
  3. (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position. Tags: transitive Translations (to dismiss): rauswerfen (German), ausschließen (German), kirúg (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-OVAheo6E Disambiguation of 'to dismiss': 4 2 86 1 3 1 2 1 0
  4. (intransitive, US, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently. Tags: US, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to die or quit): abtreten (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-sRhox99p Categories (other): American English, English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'to die or quit': 2 6 3 74 7 1 4 2 1
  5. (intransitive, US, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly. Tags: US, idiomatic, intransitive Derived forms: kick-off [noun], kickoff [noun] Translations (to shut down suddenly): ausfallen (German), aussteigen [slang] (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-mksAv5MC Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'to shut down suddenly': 2 2 2 2 73 13 2 3 1
  6. (intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to suddenly become more active): abgehen [slang] (German), loslegen [colloquial] (German), in Fahrt kommen [idiomatic] (German), ins Rollen kommen [idiomatic] (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-LnFdb-Bh Disambiguation of 'to suddenly become more active': 1 0 1 1 12 84 1 1 0
  7. (transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method. Tags: US, idiomatic, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders): absetzen (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-X0PZChl6 Disambiguation of Death: 0 9 2 17 20 9 25 17 1 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of "restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders": 2 4 2 3 3 1 84 3 1
  8. (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight. Tags: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Anger Translations (to be overcome with anger): craquer (French), ausrasten (German)
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-cEUxodgU Disambiguation of Anger: 2 3 2 3 5 3 5 75 3 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'to be overcome with anger': 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 85 1
  9. (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial, impersonal) To have a fight or argument start. Tags: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, impersonal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-kick_off-en-verb-xsqcsW1Q Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to have an argument start): barder (French), dégénérer (French), abgehen (German)
Disambiguation of 'to have an argument start': 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 22 37

Inflected forms

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          "dismiss",
          "dismiss"
        ],
        [
          "expel",
          "expel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English euphemisms",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die or quit permanently."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, US, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The circuit breaker, a power failure, and the e-stop button are the only things we can think of that might have caused that pump to kick off when it did.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To shut down or turn off suddenly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shut down",
          "shut down"
        ],
        [
          "turn off",
          "turn off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, US, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: flare up"
        },
        {
          "text": "The party kicked off when the third bottle of wine was opened.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Robert Ortiz, A Walking Distance, AuthorHouse, page 177",
          "text": "I understood that I was missing out on a lot of his life and if the war really kicked off I was going to be gone for an even longer amount of time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To suddenly become more active."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English idioms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method."
      ],
      "qualifier": "ranching",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "idiomatic",
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English idioms",
        "English impersonal verbs",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It really kicked off in town when the team lost.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Kenny Sansom, To Cap It All, John Blake Publishing",
          "text": "Suddenly it all kicked off on the terraces as horrendous violence and disgraceful scenes were picked up by television cameras.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a fight or argument start."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial, impersonal) To have a fight or argument start."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "colloquial",
        "idiomatic",
        "impersonal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-au-kick_off.ogg/En-au-kick_off.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-au-kick_off.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make the first kick in a game",
      "word": "anstoßen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make the first kick in a game",
      "word": "antreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make the first kick in a game",
      "word": "anspielen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "anfangen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dismiss",
      "word": "rauswerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to dismiss",
      "word": "ausschließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to dismiss",
      "word": "kirúg"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to die or quit",
      "word": "abtreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to shut down suddenly",
      "word": "ausfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to shut down suddenly",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "aussteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suddenly become more active",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "abgehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suddenly become more active",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "loslegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suddenly become more active",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "in Fahrt kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to suddenly become more active",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "ins Rollen kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders",
      "word": "absetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be overcome with anger",
      "word": "craquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be overcome with anger",
      "word": "ausrasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have an argument start",
      "word": "barder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have an argument start",
      "word": "dégénérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have an argument start",
      "word": "abgehen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kick off"
}

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