kick off
phrasal verb with kick verb uk/kɪk/ us/kɪk/
(START)
C1 （足球比赛）开球，开始
If a game of football kicks off, it starts.
What time does the game kick off? 比赛什么时候开始？
See also: kick-off
informal开始
to begin
Indonesia's parliamentary election campaign kicked off at the weekend. 印度尼西亚的议会选举活动在周末拉开帷幕。
That era was when advertising really kicked off as an industry. 那个时代是广告作为一个产业真正拉开序幕的时候。
(TROUBLE OR EXCITEMENT)
informal开始
to become full of action and excitement, sometimes including violence
Chamonix's bars and clubs - lively any night - really kick off at weekends. 霞慕尼的酒吧和夜店 - 夜夜笙歌 - 在周末真是热闹非凡。
But when one of the team slid in to tackle an opponent and knocked him down it "all kicked off". 但是当其中的一个队员切入去对付一个对手并把他击倒，彻底燃爆了全场。
informal生气;吵嚷地抱怨
to start to get angry or complain in a noisy way
The children started to kick off so I couldn't stay. 孩子们开始吵嚷地抱怨了，因此我得走了。
(DIE)
US informal翘辫子，死
to die