kick off

iniziare, avviare

Cominciare un evento o un’attività, oppure farli cominciare.

In inglese semplice: To start an event or activity, or make it start.

• The show kicks off at eight.
• We kicked off the project with a team meeting.
• Who will kick off the discussion?

Come si usa: kick off with something (The festival kicks off with a parade.); kick something off (A short welcome speech will kick the evening off.)

Sinonimi: start, begin, launch

Contrari: finish, end

Espressioni comuni: kick off something, kick off with something

battere il calcio d’inizio

Iniziare una partita o una sua fase calciando il pallone.

In inglese semplice: To begin a game, or part of a game, by kicking the ball.

• Which team will kick off?
• The visitors kicked off after the break.
• The referee blew his whistle, and we kicked off.

Come si usa: kick off against someone (Our team kicks off against City at three.)

Espressioni comuni: kick off first, kick off again

inizio, avvio

Il momento iniziale di un evento o un’attività, oppure l’azione di avviarli.

In inglese semplice: The beginning of an event or activity, or the act of starting it.

• The kick-off is on Monday.
• We invited every department to the project kick-off.
• The concert marked the kick-off of our summer celebrations.

Sinonimi: start, launch, beginning

Contrari: end

Espressioni comuni: project kick off, official kick off

calcio d’inizio

Il calcio al pallone che dà inizio a una partita o a una sua nuova fase.

In inglese semplice: The kick that starts a game or a new part of a game.

• We scored soon after kick-off.
• The referee delayed the kick-off because of heavy rain.
• Who takes the kick-off in the second half?

Sinonimi: opening kick

Espressioni comuni: opening kick off, kick off time

morire, tirare le cuoia

Morire oppure smettere definitivamente di funzionare.

In inglese semplice: To die, or to stop working forever.

• The old engine finally kicked off.
• He joked that he would kick off before his hundredth birthday.
• Our ancient washing machine kicked off yesterday.

Sinonimi: die, give out

Espressioni comuni: kick off suddenly, kick off finally