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Kick off   Listen
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kick off  v. i.  (Football) 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.






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"Kick off" Quotes from Famous Books



... offered for sale augur well for the strength of the stomachs of the Whitechapel populace. The sheep's trotters look as if they had scarcely had time enough to kick off the dirt before they were potted; and as for the ham, it appears bleached, instead of salted; and to look at the sandwiches, you would think they were anything except what they are called. As for ...
— Dickens' London • Francis Miltoun

... can't stay to see you off," he told Buck maliciously. "I've decided to let you go alone and take your own time about starting. As long as that cayuse stands where he is, you're safe as a church. And you've got the reins; you can kick off any time you feel like it. Sabe?" He studied Buck's horror-marked ...
— The Ranch at the Wolverine • B. M. Bower



Words linked to "Kick off" :   start up, dedicate, swear in, kickoff, start



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