chuck (out)

verb

Definition of chuck (out)next
as in to boot (out)

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  1. kick out
  2. lay off
  3. throw out
  4. unseat
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  • In China, anyone who holds a position of authority is almost certainly a party member, and being kicked out of the party means the end of one’s political career.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Mike Salmon's health improved so much under hospice care that he got kicked out.
    — Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of kick out
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  • Corporations lay off workers en masse in hopes of replicating their labor with LLMs.
    — Matthew Ismael Ruiz, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • For Ali, a Tehrani technician who had to lay off his half a dozen workers, the economic situation isn’t theoretical.
    — Kay Armin Serjoie, Time, 17 June 2026
Definition of lay off
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  • The judge overseeing Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial in New York put the proceedings on hold to allow prosecutors time to respond to Mangione’s efforts to have the case thrown out.
    — Adam Reiss, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Immediately following Mangione’s guilty plea in federal court, his legal team began trying to get his state case thrown out, citing New York’s double jeopardy law.
    — ForbesTV, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of throw out
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  • Seven years after the defeat, Jones, who had relocated to Virginia, ran but lost in his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Eric Cantor for a seat to serve the 7th District of the state.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Three additional primary candidates ran to unseat Case in the reliably Democratic district.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of unseat
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“Chuck (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuck%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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