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kick-off
noun- a start; a beginning; the time something begins UK, 1875
A figurative use of a sporting actuality. - Let’s have the duty supply bloke and I’ll get the loan clothing off my slop chit for a kick-off. — John Wynnum, Jiggin’ in the Riggin’, p. 73, 1965
- It was as good a kick-off as any. Mike even gave a faint grin. The tide of friendship flowed between them. — Joan Lindsay, Picnic At Hanging Rock, p. 98, 1967
- a rough-house fight UK
- I have, in my time, been in quite a few rucks, rumbles, rows, battles, wars, kick-offs and right proper tear-ups. — Dave Courtney, Dodgy Dave’s Little Black Book, p. 158, 2001
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