English Dictionary

kick off

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 慣用表現 口語 婉語 アメリカ英語 俗語 イギリス英語 非人称

(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.

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（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.

意味（2）

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

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

意味（3）

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

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

意味（4）

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

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

意味（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.

意味（6）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become more active.

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

意味（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.

A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.

意味（8）

(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.

When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off.

意味（9）

(intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial, impersonal) To have a fight or argument start.

It really kicked off in town when the team lost.

kicks off （ present singular third-person ）

kicking off （ participle present ）

kicked off （ participle past ）

kicked off （ past ）