Synonyms for kickoff
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1. kickoffnoun

   (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score

   Synonyms:
   starting time, beginning, start-off, showtime, commencement, send-off, get-go, first, start, outset, offset

2. beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offsetnoun

   the time at which something is supposed to begin

   "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

   Synonyms:
   starting, get-go, low gear, starting line, number one, first gear, showtime, offset, runner, rootage, send-off, setoff, scratch line, commencement ceremony, first, graduation, low, root, outgrowth, stolon, source, commencement exercise, start-off, counterbalance, scratch, startle, head start, start, branch, origin, first-class honours degree, number 1, first base, outset, jump, offset printing, starting time, starting signal, graduation exercise, beginning, offshoot, commencement, set-back

3. kickoff, send-off, start-offnoun

   a start given to contestants

   "I was there with my parents at the kickoff"

   Synonyms:
   starting time, beginning, bon voyage, start-off, showtime, commencement, send-off, get-go, first, start, outset, offset

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1. • Beginning
   • Place Kick

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1. Michael Mikel:

   I played while my father was in the hands of bandits, i had to suppress the trauma. I took a call four hours before kickoff to tell me what had happened.

2. Jeb Bush:

   Slow down there, we haven't even gotten to kickoff yet.

3. Timothy Pritts:

   When the opening kickoff was run back, he jumped up and down and got out of his chair and set – I think – every alarm off in the ICU in the process, but he was fine, it was just an appropriate reaction to a very exciting play. He very much enjoyed it.

4. Tim Albrecht:

   This will serve as sort of the unofficial kickoff to the Iowa caucus season for 2016, it's a great first look at how potential candidates stack up against each other.

5. England Scott Hend:

   I didn't see any marshals around but when I mentioned to Danny I was going over to speak to them( the hecklers) he was just waiting for it all to kickoff, danny was just waiting for me to punch one of the guys in the mouth. He had been hurling abuse at me before I hit my first putt at 14 and just wouldn't shut up from there on.