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KICK OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kick off mean? 

KICK OFF (verb)
  The verb KICK OFF has 1 sense:

1. commence officiallyplay

  Familiarity information: KICK OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KICK OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Commence officially

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

inaugurate; kick off

Hypernyms (to "kick off" is one way to...):

commence; embark on; start; start up (get off the ground)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick off"):

swear in (administer on oath to)

dedicate (open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

kickoff (a start given to contestants)

kickoff (the time at which something is supposed to begin)


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