KICK OUT Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

kick out

verb

Definition of kick out

as in to out

to drive or force out kicked out of the game for using bad language

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Recent Examples of kick out More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026 Omega hit the One Winged Angel, but Ospreay became the second person to ever kick out of the move. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Once he was even kicked out of a game while coaching his kid’s flag-football game. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Freedom has been in the news after he was kicked out of Wintrust Arena on Sunday night after an altercation with Sky player Natasha Cloud during the Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick out

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At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of out

Verb

In the here and now, Kuss is still chasing a stage win at the ongoing Vuelta, a task made more difficult by his presence in the podium fight until midway through the second week.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Five weeks ago, in a two-minute drill during practice, Mahomes scrambled on fourth down but couldn’t evade a 300-pound rookie defensive tackle chasing after him.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of chase

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Third, Whyte and others dismiss our conclusion because many of the studies examining AI in medicine are simulations.

— Abe Baker-Butler, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
If the case is not settled, dismissed or dropped before the trial date, it would be heard during the 2028 presidential primary elections.

— Violet Jira, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismiss

Verb

These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
However, their time together ended when Tamburello, a faithful, turned on Parks, a traitor, and voted to banish her in episode 10.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of banish

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The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to get to planes to clean them, authorities said.

— David Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off the runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van used to shuttle cleaning crews to planes, authorities said.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of run off

Verb

Baserunning blunders The Marlins have had more runners thrown out on the bases than any other team, including a dumbfounding one Friday when Deyvison De Los Santos inexplicably took off from second on a ground ball hit to shortstop.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026
In 2024, the court rejected an emergency request from Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel in Gaza, but the 16-judge panel declined to throw out the case altogether.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of throw out

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