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kick-off|kɪkˈɒf, -ɔː-|
[See kick v.1 7 b.]
a. The first kick to the ball in a football match.
1857Hughes Tom Brown i. v, Hasn't old Brook won the toss..and got choice of goals and kick-off? 1895Welldon G. Eversley's Friendsh. 161 The match was hotly contested from the kick-off to the finish.
b. fig. The start, beginning; an inaugural or opening event.
1875Punch 27 Feb. 88/2 Sir H. James asked the Attorney-General three questions, by way of kick-off. 1919Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 200 The kick-off was scheduled for one o'clock in the morning, when the household might be expected to be..asleep. 1969New Yorker 11 Oct. 43/2 The kickoff starts tonight, with a dinner for the living benefactors of the Museum. 1973M. Truman Harry S. Truman i. 20 The first major crisis came on Labor Day, when we went to Detroit to make the traditional kickoff speech in Cadillac Square. |