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kick-off

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kick-off
noun (Informal) start, opening, beginning, commencement, outset, starting point, inception
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French kick-off [ˈkɪkɔf] kick n (Sport) → coup m d'envoi
Italian kick-off [ˈkɪkɔf] n (SPORT) → calcio d'inizio
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And then follows rush upon rush, and scrummage upon scrummage, the ball now driven through into the School-house quarters, and now into the School goal; for the School-house have not lost the advantage which the kick-off and a slight wind gave them at the outset, and are slightly "penning" their adversaries.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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