kick off
To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts.
off
/ɒf/
adv 5adj 5prep 5verb 2noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
better, little, right, soon, southwest, tight
The house is just a little off the main road, so it's quite peaceful.
VERB + OFF
boots, call, caught, coat, coming, drove, guess, lights
She took off her boots and left them by the door.
OFF + NOUN
day, hat, hostess, mark, shoes
She kicked off her shoes and sank into the sofa with a satisfied sigh.
PREP.
from, in
She jumped off from the diving board into the pool.
ADV.
entirely, once
The old paint was peeling entirely off the wooden fence.
Definitions
adv
1
In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
2
Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
Please switch off the light when you leave.
The dinosaurs died off long ago.
3
So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
He bit off the end of the carrot.
Some branches were sawn off.
4
Offstage.
noises off
5
Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.
adj
1
Inoperative, disabled.
All the lights are off.
2
Cancelled; not happening.
The party's off because the hostess is sick.
3
Not fitted; not being worn.
Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
The drink spilled out of the bottle because the top was off.
4
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
This calculation is off: the numbers don't add up.
Is it right to say 'the amount of cars'? It sounds off to me.
5
Denoting something faulty, unsatisfactory, objectionable etc.
I felt that his comments were a bit off.
prep
1
Not positioned upon, or away from a position upon.
He's off the roof now.
I took it off the table.
2
Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
The phone is off the hook
The coat fell off the peg.
3
Outside the area or region of.
The suspect is now believed to be off the campus.
I couldn't see what it said because the line of text ran off the page.
4
Temporarily not attending (a usual place), especially owing to illness or holiday.
off work; off school
5
Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
His office is off this corridor on the right.
We're just off the main road.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
adjective — in an unpalatable state
- sour
- turned
adverb — at a distance in space or time
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
hold off
To delay (someone or something) temporarily; to keep at bay.
Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them.
show off
To exhibit the best attributes of something.
Grocery stores show off their produce by placing the most attractive specimens in front.
polish off
To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
They polished off the last of the cake.
knock someone's socks off
To impress greatly; amaze; stun.
You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.
Example Bank
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He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
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No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays a
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So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy
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All the lights are off.
Wiktionary05
The party's off because the hostess is sick.
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Your feet will feel better once those tight boots are off.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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