kick-off

Verb

(third-person singular simple present kicks off, present participle kicking off, simple past and past participle kicked off)

(intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To start; to launch.
Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting.
To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.
I got kicked off the team after a string of poor performances
(idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently.
It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet.
(idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.
The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.
(US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.
A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.
(UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.
When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off.