kicking off
Initiating the action
Kicking off means starting or beginning something.
A meeting kicks off at nine, a band kicks off their tour in Chicago, football games kick off with a literal kick.
The phrase suggests energetic initiation: Let's kick off the new year with a party.
To kick off can also mean to die, though this use is informal and somewhat dated.
- startTo set going
- getting startedBeginning an undertaking
- beginningInitial stage of something
- commencementAct of starting
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
launch · introduction · first pitch · starting gun · inaugurate · genesis · debut · new chapter · embark · square one · ignite · trigger · flare-up · all hell breaks loose · brawl · opening · entering · melee
- clothing actionsdressing, donning, wearing, buttoning, zipping
- undressingundressing, disrobing, stripping, getting undressed, removing
- setting offdeparting, leaving, heading out, embarking, venturing
kicking offwrapping up
Completing a task
concluding · ending · finishing · winding down · closing out
kicking offstopping
Ceasing to continue
halting · ceasing · shutting down · terminating · calling off