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?
Quem vai começar a partida esta noite?
Our team will kick off first.
Nossa equipe vai começar primeiro.
Then we need to score quickly.
그럼, precisamos marcar rapidamente.
Exactly, let’s go win this game!
Exatamente, vamos ganhar este jogo!
02
How should we kick off Thanksgiving?
Situation
How should we kick off Thanksgiving this year?
Como devemos começar o Thanksgiving este ano?
I was thinking we could start by going pumpkin picking.
Eu estava pensando que poderíamos começar indo colher abóboras.
That sounds perfect!
Pumpkins always set the holiday mood.
Isso parece perfeito!
Abóboras sempre criam o clima de feriado.
Abóboras sempre criam o clima de feriado.
Exactly, nothing better than to kick off Thanksgiving with a basket of bright orange pumpkins.
Exatamente, nada melhor do que começar o "Thanksgiving" com uma cesta de abóboras laranja brilhantes.
Writer's Note
"Kick off" is an intransitive, transitive, inseparable and separable phrasal verb. Let’s dive in with the structure and examples together.
"Kick off" é um verbo frasal que pode ser intransitivo, transitivo, inseparável e separável. Vamos explorar a estrutura e exemplos juntos.
- 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.
Intransitive - Um verbo frasal que não requer um objeto; ele faz sentido por si só.
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.
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 - Um verbo frasal que precisa de um objeto para completar seu significado.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: O treinador kicked a temporada off com um discurso motivacional.
Example 2: Vamos kick a festa off com um pouco de música.
Example 3: Ela kicked off a apresentação contando uma história engraçada.
Structure: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Example 1: O treinador kicked a temporada off com um discurso motivacional.
Example 2: Vamos kick a festa off com um pouco de música.
Example 3: Ela kicked off a apresentação contando uma história engraçada.
Inseparable - Um phrasal verb em que o objeto deve vir após toda a frase; você não pode separar o verbo da partícula.
Estrutura: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Exemplo 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
Exemplo 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
Exemplo 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
Estrutura: "Subject + kick off (+ adverbial/time)"
Exemplo 1: The festival will kick off this weekend with a parade.
Exemplo 2: The lecture kicked off earlier than expected.
Exemplo 3: The campaign officially kicks off tomorrow.
Separable - Quando a partícula e o verbo são separados por um objeto.
Estrutura: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Exemplo 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
Exemplo 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
Exemplo 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
Estrutura: "Subject + kick + object + off"
Exemplo 1: They kicked the ceremony off with a moment of silence.
Exemplo 2: He always kicks meetings off by telling a joke.
Exemplo 3: The teacher kicked off the lesson with a quick review.
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
Palavras relacionadas: 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
