kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out
Synonyms of kick outnext

transitive verb

: to dismiss or eject forcefully or summarily

Examples of kick out in a Sentence

kicked out of the game for using bad language
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One man was accused of then kicking out the remaining glass and trying to escape, police said in a statement. CBS News, 11 June 2026 One man was accused of then kicking out the remaining glass and trying to escape, police said in a statement. ABC News, 10 June 2026 Jimmy Kimmel hopes that Joe Biden got a kick out of watching Sleepy Don at the NBA Finals. Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 The book is structured as a quest to figure out why a class of aimless young men in late-Thatcherist Blighty get their kicks out of getting paralytically drunk and bashing one another half to death every weekend. Leander Schaerlaeckens june 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick out

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kick out was in 1697

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“Kick out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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