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kick off
FOOTBALL
1. If a game of football kicks off, it starts
• What time does the match kick off?, kick off
COMPLAIN
2. informal to start to get angry or complain in a noisy way
• The children started to kick off so I couldn't stay., kick in
informal
to start to have an effect or to happen
• It takes half an hour for the tablets to kick in., kick about/around
informal
If something is kicking around a place, it is somewhere in that place, not being used
• There must be a copy of it kicking around the office somewhere., kick sth around
[ M ] informal
If you kick ideas around, you talk about them informally in a group
• We need to get everyone together and kick a few ideas around, kick ( sth ) off
[ M ]
If you kick off a discussion or an activity, you start it
• I'd like to kick off the discussion with a few statistics.
• Right, any suggestions? Jim, you kick off., kick sb out
[ M ] informal
to force someone to leave a place or organization
• His wife kicked him out.
• She was kicked out of the squad.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb hit sb/sth with your foot ADV. hard, savagely, vigorously Don't kick the ball too hard. | deliberately | repeatedly Foster admitted punching and kicking the man repeatedly. | around The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard. PREP. against She could feel the baby kicking against her stomach wall. (figurative) Young people often kick against convention. | at She kicked at the loose pebbles by the roadside. | in They threw him to the ground and kicked him hard in the stomach. | on She kicked me on the knee. PHRASES kick a door down/open/shut Suddenly the far door was kicked open. | kick sb to death move your feet in the air ADV. frantically, wildly He rolled over in the sand, kicking wildly. PREP. out at The horse kicked out at the yapping dog. PHRASES drag sb kicking and screaming The police had to drag her kicking and screaming out of the house. | kick your legs/your legs kick The little boy was now lying on his back kicking his legs in the air. I was carried upstairs, arms waving and legs kicking., noun act of kicking ADJ. good, hard, hefty, painful | corner, free, goal, overhead, penalty, spot (all in football) | high an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks VERB + KICK give sb/sth Give the door a good kick if it won't open. | get, receive He had received a painful kick on the knee. PREP. ~ at a kick at goal | ~ by/from a kick from Maynard in the last minute of the game | ~ in a kick in the stomach | ~ on a kick on the ankle | ~ to a kick to the ribs feeling of great pleasure/excitement ADJ. real VERB + KICK get He gets a real kick out of mending something so that it can be used again. | give sb It gave the youngsters a kick to see their own play on television. PREP. for ~s They don't really want the things they steal. They just do it for kicks.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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kick
verbs
give something a kick
• The door was stuck; he gave it a kick.
get a kick
• He got a kick on the ankles from Anne.
aim a kick at somebody/something
• Lifting her foot, she aimed a kick at her brother.
adjectives
a good kick
(= a strong kick )
• The only way to make the drinks dispenser work is to give it a good kick.
a hard kick
• A hard kick to the knee could cause a lot of damage.
a high kick
(= when someone raises their foot high into the air )
• The dance routine was full of high kicks.
transnet.ir
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Phrase(s): kick oneself (for doing something)
Fig. to regret doing something. • I could just kick myself for going off and not locking the car door. Now the car has been stolen. • Don’t kick yourself. It’s insured.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with KICK, Also see ALIVE AND KICKING; FOR FUN (KICKS); GET A BANG (KICK) OUT OF.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
energy:
The dancer had a lot of kick.
verb
booted:
He kicked in the winning goal.
Simple Definitions