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 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 School Of Rock follows Dewey, who became a substitute teacher at an uptight elementary private school after being kicked out of his rock band. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024 After getting kicked out of her friend’s hospital room, Eden heads home on the subway. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2024 But even for the carmaker’s CEO, Fisker’s comments are generous, as the automaker faces the whiplash of several blunders and miscalculations that have left it on a financial cliff edge and on the verge of being kicked out of the New York Stock Exchange. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 1 Mar. 2024 At the other, a man is (likely deservedly) kicked out of the house. Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 His criticism came shortly after Tesla got kicked out of the S&P 500 ESG index. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024 In January, Abbott, also a Republican, seized control of the city’s riverfront recreation area, Shelby Park, and kicked out the U.S. Border Patrol, which had used the space as an outdoor processing area. Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

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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 28 Mar. 2024.

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