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the one play where everyone agrees to run full speed at strangers.
means The act of starting something — literally the opening kick that begins a football match, or figuratively the launch of any event or project.
from A plain compound of "kick" + "off," born on the football pitch — the kick that sends the ball off and starts play. "Kick" traces back to Middle English "kiken," of uncertain origin (possibly Norse). By the late 19th century, with codified football spreading, "kick-off" named the opening kick; from there it strolled into general English to mean the start of anything at all.
- speed limit
- Players collide at up to 25 mph
- rule rewrite
- NFL moved kickoff to cut concussions
- onside gamble
- Recovery odds hover near one in ten
- global drift
- Soccer's kickoff barely covers ten yards
- coin's child
- A coin toss decides who kicks first
super bowl lviii kickoff — kansas city chiefs vs san francisco 49ers, february 11, 2024, las vegas
world cup 2022 kickoff — qatar vs ecuador, november 20, 2022, opening match of fifa world cup
nfl season kickoff — thursday night football opening game, typically september, marks start of nfl regular season