To start a football match. Figuratively to begin, to start, to initiate. To start an action.
Phrasal noun: The kick off. The first kick of the match. The start of a match. Soccer, rugby.
For example: The kick off is at 3 P.M.
To kick off the meeting, I will introduce everybody.
University lectures kick off tomorrow.
To kick off with something. This is talking about the activity you start doing at the beginning of the overall task. The first you do when you start something.
For example: We will kick the meeting off with the first item on the agenda.
The meal kicked off with pate, which was followed by roast duck.
You kick a ball with your foot. Here the with belongs to the noun, the same is true for kick off // with noun.