kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out

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
Recent Examples on the Web Being kicked out of the classroom can fracture kids’ trust in their teachers and the institution early on. Ariel Gilreath, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024 If the ball is kicked out of bounds, it will be placed at the 40. Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024 Riley Strain of Springfield, Missouri, had been missing for two weeks after he was last seen about 10 p.m. March 8 when he was kicked out of Luke’s 32 Bridge Bar at 301 Broadway, a downtown Nashville bar owned by country star Luke Bryan, according to Metro Nashville Police. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024 Metro Nashville Police Department Strain, 22, disappeared while on a fraternity trip to Nashville, and was last seen on March 8, shortly after being kicked out of Luke's 32 Bridge, a bar owned by country singer Luke Bryan. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024 The friend told officers that their group last saw the 22-year-old around 10 p.m. the night before when he was kicked out of Luke Bryan's bar, police said. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024 Riley Strain, a student at the University of Missouri, was on a weekend trip to Nashville when he was kicked out of Luke’s 32 Bridge, country singer Luke Bryan’s bar in Nashville, authorities said. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024 Hathaway stepped in to replace Schumer as Barbie in a film about the character getting kicked out of Barbieland for not being perfect enough. Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Mar. 2024 In 2019, Seales shared with her Instagram followers that she was kicked out of a Black Hollywood party during Emmys weekend. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

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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 16 Apr. 2024.

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