kick off
phrasal verbkick off 
- when a football (soccer) game or a team, etc. kicks off, the game starts related noun kick-off Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
 - to suddenly become angry or violentTopics Feelingsc2
 
kick off (with something) 
- (informal) to start
- What time shall we kick off?
 - And then it all kicked off.
 - Tom will kick off with a few comments.
 
 
kick something  off 
- to remove something by kicking
- They dropped their bags in the front hall and kicked off their shoes.
 
 
kick off something 
- (informal) to start a discussion, a meeting, an event, etc. synonym open
- Who is going to kick off the discussion?