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 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 The company then fixed the vulnerability, kicked out the attacker, and improved its detection and security guardrails. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 20 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out
  1. dismissed
  2. ejected
  3. chased
  4. outed
  5. banished
  6. cast out
  7. turned out
  8. ran off
Verb
  • The case was ultimately dismissed and Levine has denied sending the messages.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Faye dismissed Sonko as prime minister earlier this year, but Sonko’s party retained its large majority in parliament, and he was elected president of the National Assembly soon after.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • If a player squares around to bunt, they’re ejected from the game.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026
  • Athletics hitting coach Chris Cron was ejected by plate umpire Chad Fairchild in the second.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Many of them chased cheap labor overseas and evaporated anyway.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Fleck chased after him and pointed the gun at the victim, demanding his cellphone.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Gu-cheon is joined in his mission by Saeng-gang (Crash Course in Romance’s Roh Yoon-seo), the daughter of King Ju-sang who was banished from the palace as a young girl for her ability to hear spirits.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Throngs turned out to see legendary horses like Seabiscuit, Man o’ War and Secretariat, who were well-known even to non-racing fans.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Talk shows turned out to be the place to flex watches this week.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 July 2026
Definition of turned out
Verb
  • 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
Definition of ran off

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