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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  • Roughly a month later, he was kicked out of a Lady Gaga concert.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • The most significant change, however, is that motel staff now decide who gets a room and who gets kicked out.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 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 arbitrators threw out 14% of the cases, ruling in favor of Kaiser’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissed an additional 5% of cases on technical or procedural grounds.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • As an example, Gillibrand said that Giffords might throw out a single word to prompt Kelly to tell a whole story.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of throw out
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  • Apple briefly took the spot of the world’s largest company by market cap as markets opened Friday, temporarily unseating Nvidia as the AI giant’s shares slid.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • To be sure, the candidates who want to unseat Moskowitz aren’t in the political poorhouse.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 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 23 Jul. 2026.

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