KICKED OUT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked out

verb

past tense of kick out

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 Earlier this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reiterated that Miller, like any other congressman, should be able to go through the House ethics committee process instead of getting kicked out of the House GOP caucus. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026 Shida followed up with a meteora, and Maya barely kicked out. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 With Columbus putting the finishing touches on its win over Cincinnati, midfielder Dado Valenzuela kicked out in frustration and got an (obvious) red card. — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 27 July 2026 The trailer kicks off with Misty being kicked out of her apartment by a woman who claims the place belongs to her husband. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026 And then the third reason is the older workers that are either retiring or retiring early or maybe getting kicked out of the workforce for some reason. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 22 July 2026 According to Pambianchi, the pair had recently attended a wedding in South Carolina, where Schmidt was kicked out of a bar for fighting. — Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2026 People who flout the ban will be kicked out of stations and multiple offenders could be given a permanent ban from the premises. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 Clay started the series as a central character until he was eventually kicked out of the club for his villainous actions. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

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But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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Lagaʻaia, a 19-year-old from Sydney, Australia, was cast out of thousands to play — in her first major film role — the flesh-and-blood version of the chieftess-to-be first voiced by Cravalho.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
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

Definition of cast out

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Since March, of the 81 people his team had interviewed for their latest study in San Diego, eight of them turned out to have active syphilis.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Grande claims the highest debut in America during what has turned out to be a relatively quiet frame for new albums.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of turned out

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The bear ran off, and first responders found the woman with non-life-threatening injuries, the Anchorage Police Department said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
In the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, Spain ran off a 35-game unbeaten streak, which matched the longest in history at the time.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

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