1. （在足球比赛中）开球
In football, when the players kick off, they start a game by kicking the ball from the centre of the pitch.

2. (事件、比赛或讨论等)开始
If an event, game, series, or discussion kicks off, or is kicked off, it begins.

3. 踢掉（鞋）
If you kick off your shoes, you shake your feet so that your shoes come off.

4. 强使离开；赶走
To kick someone off an area of land means to force them to leave it.

1. commence officially

Synonym: inaugurate