kick off a campaign
1kick off — verb Date: 1857 intransitive verb 1. to start or resume play in football by a placekick 2. a. to initiate proceedings b. to start out ; begin < the movie kicks off with a bank robbery > 3. slang die …
2kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …
3kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …
4kick|off — «KIHK F, OF», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a kick that puts a football in play at the beginning of each half and after a score has been made. It is made from the defending team s 40 yard line. 2. Informal, Figurative. any move made to begin: »At… …
5kick·off — /ˈkıkˌɑːf/ noun, pl offs [count] 1 : a kick that starts play in a game (such as American football or soccer) a long kickoff The kickoff (of the game) is at 1:00. [=the game begins at 1:00] 2 : the start of something At his campaign …
6kick off — UK US kick off Phrasal Verb with kick({{}}/kɪk/ verb [T] INFORMAL ► to start: »The advertising campaign is just about ready to kick off …
7kick\ off — v. phr. 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. John kicked off and the football game started. 2. informal To begin; launch; start. The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television. The fund raising drive was kicked off… …
8kick-off — n The beginning. The kick off of his political campaign is tonight. 1850s …
9kick-off — a start The kick off for the no smoking campaign will start next week …
10kick — kickable, adj. kickless, adj. /kik/, v.t. 1. to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins. 2. to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks. 3. Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place… …
