as in dismissed
to drive or force out
kicked out of the game for using bad language
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Recent Examples of kicked out
His father died from kidney cancer when the singer was 9, he was bullied in high school, and was kicked out of the house by his mother, who struggled with alcoholism, at 17.
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USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
When a fan noted that older sister Wyatt, who is starting kindergarten soon, had broken her dad, Jason, and uncle Travis Kelce’s streak of getting kicked out of preschool, Kylie expressed concerns about Bennett.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When that Allie stumbled and nearly fell during the film’s first 20 minutes, this Ali panicked thinking her new friend might get kicked out.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Matt Remick being kicked out of his own party at the Cipriani by an angry Italian bouncer?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Heads must roll and Edwards and Hastings are kicked out of the SEALS and sent back to America.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
We’ve been kicked out of Europe a couple of times.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Punk nearly got pinned for a three-count, but kicked out just in time to avoid falling victim to the attack.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Islanders were dumped from the island by their fellow contestants or through fan votes at various points and in two islanders' cases they were kicked out after their past racial comments surfaced.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
When a fan noted that older sister Wyatt, who is starting kindergarten soon, had broken her dad, Jason, and uncle Travis Kelce’s streak of getting kicked out of preschool, Kylie expressed concerns about Bennett.
—Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
When that Allie stumbled and nearly fell during the film’s first 20 minutes, this Ali panicked thinking her new friend might get kicked out.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Matt Remick being kicked out of his own party at the Cipriani by an angry Italian bouncer?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Heads must roll and Edwards and Hastings are kicked out of the SEALS and sent back to America.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
We’ve been kicked out of Europe a couple of times.
—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Punk nearly got pinned for a three-count, but kicked out just in time to avoid falling victim to the attack.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Islanders were dumped from the island by their fellow contestants or through fan votes at various points and in two islanders' cases they were kicked out after their past racial comments surfaced.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out
Verb
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Spurs have, for now, dismissed takeover talk.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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His previous criminal history includes two violations of an abuse prevention order and a charge of destruction of property, all of which have been dismissed.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But perhaps records of the first chemical steps towards life were ejected into space and then fell onto the Moon, says Sephton.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Four passengers in the Mustang were ejected, and the driver was thrown into another seat, according to Ells.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For decades, scientists have chased a mystery about how proteins’ building blocks first hooked up with RNA, the molecule carrying life’s code.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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The industry trend has chased ever larger models on ever larger GPU farms.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Sports piracy has become so widespread that even professional athletes, like Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James (who was spotted using Streameast in May 2024) and Seattle Seahawks' Tariq Woolen, have been outed as users.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the past year alone, Bennett was in Superman and was outed as the most popular guy at SNL, and Mooney directed A24’s Y2K and toured a new album of original music.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Having been beaten by Iga Świątek in a historically dominant fashion in the Wimbledon final, Anisimova banished some of those demons by beating the Polish star in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Their fear was never banished, only mastered.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Modern anti-Semitism was born of this tragedy; in the name of the nation, the Jews were cast out of the state.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The boxer was nearly cast out of the country months ago.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The biggest home game in Charlotte 49ers history also turned out to be the first win of Bill Belichick’s college coaching career.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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For Turnbull and the VFX team, Professor Orloff (played by Christopher Lloyd) turned out to be an even bigger challenge than Slurp.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the loss to Martins, Makhachev ran off 10 straight wins.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The teens ran off but two of them were soon apprehended by police — with a third suspect still being sought, police sources said.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Kicked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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