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present participle of kick off
Synonyms & Antonyms of kicking off
1
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
- I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question
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2
slang
to stop living
- surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off
Synonyms for kicking off
- checking out,
- conking (out),
- croaking
- [slang],
- deceasing,
- demising,
- departing,
- dropping,
- dying,
- ending,
- exiting,
- expiring,
- falling,
- flatlining,
- going,
- kicking in
- [slang],
- parting,
- passing away,
- passing (on),
- pegging out
- [chiefly British],
- perishing,
- popping off,
- stepping out,
- succumbing
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- biting the dust,
- buying it
- (or buying the farm),
- giving up the ghost,
- kicking the bucket,
- snuffing it
- [British]
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“Kicking off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicking%20off. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.
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