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kicked offverbpast tense of kick off to take the first step in (a process or course of action)I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question began, commenced, embarked (on or upon), entered (into or upon), fell (to), got off, launched, led off, opened, started, struck (into) created, generated, inaugurated, initiated, innovated, invented, originatedadopted, embraced, took on, took upestablished, fathered, founded, instituted, organized, pioneered, set up, spawnedgot around (to), got down (to), got round (to) got going, got to, set about concluded, ended, finished, terminated ceased, desisted, discontinued, halted, knocked off, laid off, quit(also quitted), stoppedclosed, completedabandoned, forsook, leftabolished, demolished, destroyed, exterminated, extinguished, phased out slangto stop livingsurprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off checked out, conked (out), croaked(slang), deceased, demised, departed, died, dropped, ended, exited, expired, fell, flatlined, kicked in(slang), parted, passed away, passed (on), pegged out(chiefly British), perished, popped off, stepped out, succumbed, went predeceasedconsumed, disappeared, dried up, faded, failed bit the dust, bought it(or bought the farm), gave up the ghost, kicked the bucket, snuffed it(British) breathed, lived came to, revivedlingeredexisted, subsisted, wasflourished, prospered, thrived(or throve) |