esl #english #idioms #slang #informal #verb

kick off {v. phr.}

1. To make the kick that begins a football game.

John kicked off and the football game started.

1. {informal}
   To begin; launch; start.

The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television.

The fund raising drive was kicked off with a theater party.

1. {slang}
   To die.

Mr. Jones was almost ninety years old when he kicked off.

Syn.: KICK THE BUCKET. Categories: TV death football kick {informal} {slang} {v. phr.}