kick off

intransitive transitive idiomatic colloquial euphemistic US slang UK impersonal

(transitive, intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game. / (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch. / (transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.

Japanese Meaning

試合やゲームの一部において最初のキックを行う / 開始する、始動する、発進させる / 解雇する、追放する、役職などから外す

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After checking the ball, the referee asked the striker to kick off the match.

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審判はボールを確認した後、フォワードに試合を始めるために最初のキックをするよう求めた。

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Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.

The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To start; to launch.

Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.

I got kicked off the team after a string of poor performances

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Sense（4）

(intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently.

It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet.

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Sense（5）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.

The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.

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Sense（6）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active.

The party kicked off when the third bottle of wine was opened.

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Sense（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. Used figuratively or literally.