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 The image of her attending the Webby Awards with Philly rap great Freeway also gets a kick out of me. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026 That means that, every once in a while, when someone is saying bigoted things or acting aggressively around other customers, they get kicked out. — Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 And they were kicked out of the Army. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Johan Soccer historians will get a kick out of this one that honors Dutch great Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (or Johan Cruyff). — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick out

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Verb

Shortly afterward, somebody attempts to out him by hacking his Instagram profile and posting pictures of his real face in place of his cryptic avatar.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 6 July 2026
And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake?

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026

Definition of out

Verb

The Angels then chased Eovaldi when Logan O’Hoppe walked and Wade Meckler singled, driving in a run as the top of the order came to the plate.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Muse Spark is chasing what Anthropic and OpenAI are already doing for developers accustomed to agentic coding tools, and Muse Spark doesn’t show major improvements in coding over its competitors’ models, according to benchmarks.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of chase

Verb

Hull said the bullet had not been fired and was ejected from an officer’s rifle and that the other people interviewed had been cleared by investigators.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Giants manager Tony Vitello came out to argue the call and was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barksdale, the second ejection this season for the first-year skipper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of eject

Verb

That suit was dismissed after a judge ruled that Lively’s accusations were protected by litigation privilege.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 9 July 2026
News outlets uncovered years-old comments on Reddit that appeared to endorse political violence, dismiss rape in the military, criticize rural Americans and use anti-gay slurs.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of dismiss

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As such, the light cast out from its surface some 250 years ago is only now reaching Earth, having traveled for centuries through the near vacuum of space at the speed of light — a blistering 186,282 miles per second (299,791 kilometers per second).

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
Rhaena is cast out, but the rest of the Velaryon clan are closer than ever.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Their first run off the 24-year-old right-hander scored in the third on a tapper up the first base line from Merrill, capping a rally that began with a one-out walk to Song and an infield single from Tatis.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
While the husky works to protect the child, the boy runs off-frame in search of safety.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of run off

Verb

Ashley Moore, 37, of Lawndale, was treating a patient in the back of the ambulance when she was thrown out and suffered fatal injuries, investigators say.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
This uncertainty affected whether food was set aside for donation or thrown out.

— John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of throw out

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