kick off

kick off  {v. phr.}

1. Делать первый удар по мячу, начинающий футбольный матч.

John kicked off and the football game started.

2.  {informal} Начинать; запускать; стартовать.

The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television.

The fund raising drive was kicked off with a theater party.

3.  {slang} Умирать.

Mr. Jones was almost ninety years old when he kicked off.

Син.: KICK THE BUCKET.