The Official Movie Quizbook

To make the kick that begins a football game. /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ /The fund raising drive was kicked off with a theater party./ 3. {slang} To die. /Mr. Jones was almost ninety years old when he kicked off./ Syn.: KICK THE BUCKET. [kick oneself]{v. phr.}, {informal} To be sorry or ashamed; regret. /When John missed the train, he kicked himself for not having left earlier./ /Mary could have kicked herself for letting the secret out before it was announced officially./ [kick out] or [boot out] {v.}, {informal} To make (someone) go or leave; get rid of; dismiss. /The boys made so much noise at the movie that the manager kicked them out./ /The chief of police was booted out of office because he was a crook./ Syn.: THROW OUT(3). [kick over]{v.} 1. Of a motor: To begin to work. /He had not used his car for two months and when he tried to start it, the motor would not kick over./ 2. {slang} To pay; contribute. /The gang forced all the storekeepers on the block to kick over $5 a week./ 3. {slang} To die. /Mrs ...»