kick out

verb

kicked out; kicking out; kicks out

transitive verb

: to dismiss or eject forcefully or summarily

Synonyms

• out
• chase
• eject
• dismiss
• cast out
• banish
• run off
• throw out
• drum (out)
• turn out

Examples of kick out in a Sentence

kicked out of the game for using bad language

Recent Examples on the Web

Jay Weinberg got kicked out of Slipknot, but signed on with S.T., whose Greyson Nekrutman quit to join Sepultura, after Eloy Casagrande left to play for Slipknot. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025

Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar, co-creators and writers for HBO’s The Sympathizer — a seven-episode mini series starring Robert Downey Jr., have been kicked out of the WGA West for writing the series during the 2023 strikes when pens were supposed to be down. —Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025

Some residents are trying to kick out Snow, the mayor, partially because of her support for a county plan to build dozens of small cabins for homeless people within the city. —Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025

Rhodes was still able to kick out of Cena’s offense. —Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1697, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for kick out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout