Meaning
- To start and event, activity, or progress.
- To start a match by kicking the ball often called football or soccer.
- To suddenly get angry or to cause a commotion.
- To pass away.
Today's Sentences
01
Our team will kick off first.
Situation
Who’s going to kick off the match tonight?
Our team will kick off first.
Then we need to score quickly.
Exactly, let’s go win this game!
02
How should we kick off Thanksgiving?
Situation
How should we kick off Thanksgiving this year?
I was thinking we could start by going pumpkin picking.
That sounds perfect!
Pumpkins always set the holiday mood.
호박은 항상 휴일 분위기를 만들어주죠.
Exactly, nothing better than to kick off Thanksgiving with a basket of bright orange pumpkins.
Writer's Note
"Kick off" is an intransitive, transitive, inseparable and separable phrasal verb. Let’s dive in with the structure and examples together.
- Intransitive - A phrasal verb that does not take an object; it makes sense on its own.
Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Example 1: The meeting will kick off at 9 a.m.
Example 2: The concert kicked off with fireworks.
Example 3: The soccer match kicks off in ten minutes. - Transitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: The coach kicked the season off with a motivational speech.
Example 2: Let’s kick the party off with some music.
Example 3: She kicked off the presentation by telling a funny story. - Inseparable - A phrasal verb where the object must come after the whole phrase; you cannot split the verb and particle.
Structure: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Example 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
Example 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
Example 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow. - Separable - When the particle and verb are separated by an object.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
Example 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
Example 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
구조: "주어 + kick off (+ 부사/시간)"
예시 1: 회의는 오전 9시에 kick off할 것입니다.
예시 2: 콘서트는 불꽃놀이와 함께 kicked off했습니다.
예시 3: 축구 경기는 10분 후에 kicks off합니다.
구조: "주어 + kick + 목적어 + off"
예시 1: 코치는 시즌을 시작하며 동기 부여 연설을 했습니다.
예시 2: 음악으로 파티를 시작해 봅시다.
예시 3: 그녀는 재미있는 이야기로 발표를 시작했습니다.
구조: "주어 + kick off (+ 부사/시간)"
예시 1: 축제는 이번 주말에 퍼레이드로 kick off 할 것입니다.
예시 2: 강의는 예상보다 일찍 kicked off 되었습니다.
예시 3: 캠페인은 내일 공식적으로 kicks off 합니다.
구조: "주어 + kick + 목적어 + off"
예시 1: 그들은 침묵의 순간으로 그 kicked the ceremony off를 시작했습니다.
예시 2: 그는 항상 농담을 하며 회의를 kicks meetings off를 시작합니다.
예시 3: 선생님은 빠른 복습으로 수업을 kicked off를 시작했습니다.
Related words: Begin, blow up, commence, croak, depart, die, erupt, expire, flare up, get going, launch, lose it, open, pass away, perish, protest, restart, riot, set in motion, start, start the game, trigger