kick-off
informal
to begin: 开始
Indonesia's parliamentary election campaign kicked off at the weekend.印度尼西亚的议会选举活动在周末拉开帷幕。
That era was when advertising really kicked off as an industry.那个时代是广告作为一个产业真正拉开序幕的时候。

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to begin to (make something) happen
startHurry up – the film has already started.
beginThe ceremony is about to begin.
commenceThe meeting commenced with a moment of silence.
openThe meeting opened with a short word of welcome to new members.
originateThe idea for the business originated with my grandmother's recipes.

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Football/soccer
18-yard box
2 3 5
4 3 2 1
4 4 2
4 5 1
foosball
football boot
football player
football pools
football pyramid
premiership
professional foul
promedios
rabona
reducer
sweeper
the Football League
the Premier League
treble
woodwork

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Parts & stages of competitions
Starting and beginning

(TROUBLE OR EXCITEMENT)

informal
to become full of action and excitement, sometimes including violence: 开始
Chamonix's bars and clubs - lively any night - really kick off at weekends. 霞慕尼的酒吧和夜店 - 夜夜笙歌 - 在周末真是热闹非凡。
But when one of the team slid in to tackle an opponent and knocked him down it "all kicked off". 但是当其中的一个队员切入去对付一个对手并把他击倒，彻底燃爆了全场。
informal
to start to get angry or complain in a noisy way: 生气;吵嚷地抱怨
The children started to kick off so I couldn't stay.孩子们开始吵嚷地抱怨了，因此我得走了。

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Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
alacrity
animation
ardour
avidity
boosterism
commotion
flirtation
frenzy
friskiness
frisson
frolic
get a buzz out of something/doing something
hubbub
page-turner
pep
perkiness
physicality
piquancy
zeal
zealousness

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Violent or aggressive
Complaining
Becoming angry and expressing anger

(DIE)

USinformal
to die翘辫子，死

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to stop living
dieMy dog died last week.
die a natural/violent deathShe dies a natural death at home, surrounded by loved ones.
pass awayHe passed away peacefully in hospital.
pass onI'm sorry to hear that your grandfather has passed on.
passUSMy father passed last year.

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Death and dying
all-cause mortality
antemortem
bereave
bite
bleed out
coroner
death toll
ghost
give up the ghostidiom
have one foot in the graveidiom
macabre
perish
posthumously
raise
raise someone from the deadidiom
roadkill
self-extinction
sepulchrally
snuff itidiom
toll

kick (something) off

phrasal verb with kickverbuk /kɪk/ us /kɪk/
C2
If you kick off a discussion or an activity, you start it: 开始（讨论或活动）
I'd like to kick off the discussion with a few statistics.我想以几个统计数据来开始讨论。
Right, any suggestions? Jim, you kick off.好，有什么建议吗？吉姆，你先说。

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Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
grow
half-cock
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
motion
sail in
start (something) off
start on something
start out
start/set/get the ball rollingidiom
starting
the ground floor
wheel
kick-off
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈkɪk.ɒf/ us /ˈkɪk.ɑːf/
the time when a game of football starts, or when it begins again after it has stopped because of a goal, etc.（足球比赛的）开球，开赛，中线开球
informal
the time when an activity starts（活动的）开始

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the start of something
beginningLet's go back to the beginning. Can you tell me when you arrived at the crime scene?
startI didn't like him from the very start.
endThis is it – the end of the tour.
openingThe opening of the ceremony was marred by protest.
commencementWhat is the commencement date of their contract?
kick-offWhat time is the kick-off for the banquet and show?

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Football/soccer
18-yard box
2 3 5
4 3 2 1
4 4 2
4 5 1
foosball
football boot
football player
football pools
football pyramid
premiership
professional foul
promedios
rabona
reducer
sweeper
the Football League
the Premier League
treble
woodwork

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Beginnings and starts

kick off | American Dictionary

kick off

phrasal verb with kickverb[ I/T ]us/kɪk/
infml
to begin:
The three-day celebration kicks off tomorrow with a parade.

kick off | Business English

kick off

phrasal verb with kickverb[ T ]uk /kɪk/us
informal
to start:
The advertising campaign is just about ready to kick off.

kick sth off

phrasal verb with kickverb[ T ]uk /kɪk/us
informal
if you kick off a discussion or an activity, you start it:
kick (sth) off with sth/by doing sthI'd like to kick off the discussion with a few statistics.
kick-off
noun[ S ]
UKinformal(USkickoff)uk /ˈkɪkɒf/us
the time when an activity starts:
Kick-off will be at 11 o'clock prompt.

Examples of kick off

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However, even in this approach, heuristics are not missing - they are part of the kick-off mechanism for exploring the classification tables and generating automatically infomorphisms among similar concepts.
Kick-offs have been delayed by 20 minutes, and there is utter confusion on television, the radio and in newspapers about kick-off times.
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