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kick back |
kick down |
kick downstairs |
kick in |
kick in the butt |
kick off
| kick one's heels
| kick out
| kick pleat
| kick start
| kick starter
kick off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb kick off has 1 sense
- kick off(v = verb.social) inaugurate - commence officially; Array is one way to commence, embark on, start, start up
Derived forms noun kickoff3, noun kickoff2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
kick off, 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. [WordNet 1.5]
kick off, v. t.
to begin; to commence; as, they kicked off the rally with a playing of the national anthem. [PJC]
THESAURUS
kick off
antecede, begin, blast away, blast off, bundle, bundle off, buy it, cash in, check in, check out, come before, come first, commence, croak, die, dive in, drop off, embark, fall to, float, front, get off, get to, give a start, go, go ahead, go ahead of, go before, go in advance, go west, have it, have priority, head, head into, head the table, head up, inaugurate, initiate, jump off, kick in, kick the bucket, knock off, launch, lead, lead off, open, outrank, pass, pass away, pass out, peg out, perish, pipe off, pitch in, plunge into, pop off, precede, put in motion, rank, rate, send, send forth, send off, set about, set afloat, set agoing, set going, set in, set in motion, set on foot, set out, set sail, set to, shove off, stand first, start, start going, start in, start off, start out, start up, step off, take off, take precedence, turn to, usher in
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