kick off

1. (ambitransitive)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.

   anstoßen, antreten, anspielen

2. (ambitransitive, idiomatic)To start; to launch; to set in motion.

   Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting.

   The project kicked off with an energy-sapping meeting.

   anfangen, abgehen

3. (transitive)To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.

   I got kicked off the team after a string of poor performances

   rauswerfen, ausschließen

4. (US, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic, intransitive)To die or quit permanently.

   It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet.

   abtreten

5. (US, idiomatic, intransitive)To shut down or turn off suddenly.

   The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.

   The circuit breaker, a power failure, and the e-stop button are the only things we can think of that might have caused that pump to kick off when it did.

   ausfallen, aussteigen

6. (idiomatic, intransitive)To suddenly become more active.

   The party kicked off when the third bottle of wine was opened.

   abgehen, loslegen, in Fahrt kommen

7. (US, idiomatic, slang, transitive)To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders, whether by literally kicking it away or another method.

   A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.

   absetzen

8. (UK, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive)To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.

   When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off.

   ausrasten

9. (colloquial, idiomatic, impersonal, intransitive)To have a fight or argument start; to fight or argue.

   It really kicked off in town when the team lost.

1. Tom was kicked off the team.

   ruТома выгнали из команды. — odexed

   deTom wurde aus der Mannschaft geworfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I was kicked off the team.

   ruМеня выгнали из команды. — odexed

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3. Tom got kicked off the team.

   ruТома выгнали из команды. — odexed

   deTom wurde aus der Mannschaft geworfen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. I got kicked off the team.

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5. Tom was kicked off the bus.

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irregular

• kick upспровокувати, провокуватиTo rear back; to become more active or restless; to speed up.
• kick outвигнати, виганятиTo eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).
• kick inдати, даватиTo kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.
• kick backкопати, вдаритиTo relax; to laze.
• kick offTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
• kick onTo activate, to turn on, especially a motor or electronic device.
• kick downTo break or demolish something by physical bodily force, especially stomping.
• kick overSynonym of turn over (to start an engine)