In another session, for instance, "the Devil himself" was the phrase that kicked things off.

To kick things off here is my stab at picking:

I'm ready to kick things off, starting with Twitter, of all things.

The catastrophe that kicks things off is a small one in the scheme of things, solitary.

To kick things off, we held a number of workshops.

Maybe visiting the hospital will kick things off for you?!

I'll let you know when we're reach to kick things off back here.

"This turned out to be a nice way to kick things off both on the hotel side and the Lincoln Center side."

Yes, we'll kick things off in the cradle with the number sense of infants and lizards.