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kick off

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kick someone off something
to force someone to leave a group. Fred was difficult to work with and finally we kicked him off the planning committee. He was kicked off the team.
See also: kick


kick off something
to begin something. We like to kick off the summer by having friends over for a barbecue.
See also: kick

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But now Griffith's baskets are empty, the ball is placed again midway, and the School are going to kick off.
She sank again, in the moment when I stopped to throw aside my hat and coat and to kick off my shoes.
So now, when I heard him kick off his own shoes, I did the same, and was on the stairs at his heels before I realized what an extraordinary way was this of approaching a stranger for money in the dead of night.
 
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