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 Mike Salmon's health improved so much under hospice care that he got kicked out. — Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Two men have been charged by the Tarrant County district attorney after they were kicked out of Commissioners Court last week for disrupting the meeting. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026 While Draper got kicked out of the house by Betty, the mother of his three children, and married his pretty young secretary, Hamm ended an 18-year relationship with actor, screenwriter and occasional collaborator Jennifer Westfeldt in 2015. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 In 2018, the pair had another public falling out when Buckingham was kicked out of the band, and cited Nicks for the decision. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026 Once Slater left practice and Pipkins kicked out to left tackle, Kayode Awosika took over at left guard with the first team. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Seth Rollins escaped the Guillotine submission and ran into a spear from Roman Reigns, but Seth Rollins kicked out. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 As the two rushed back into the ring, Rollins hit a pedigree on Reigns and tried to pick up the win there, but Reigns kicked out of the pin. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 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
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
  • But the fate of Mangione’s state case, set to go to trial next month, now hangs in the balance as his attorneys seek to get second-degree murder and weapons charges dismissed over double jeopardy protections.
    — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All six defendants initially faced torture charges that were dismissed.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Boone didn’t get to watch the disastrous half-inning from the dugout, as he was ejected in the top of the sixth.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • A week later, on Tuesday, May 19, Southampton were ejected from the play-off final by the EFL’s independent disciplinary commission.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • More recently, a bear came within a few feet of a boy in Torrington before being chased away by the family’s dog.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Carrington chased Cunningham down from behind as the Fever guard went up for a layup and caught her across the head and neck area, sending Cunningham crashing to the floor.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 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
  • Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Urine, of course, turned out to be a vital health marker, but only after modern urinalysis treatments were developed in the 19th century.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • One Belgian student who struck gold this week while digging a sewer on a summer construction job, is now waiting to see who claims the stash, after an ordinary Tuesday morning on the job turned out to be anything but.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned out
Verb
  • The vehicle crossed the center line, ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.
    — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At that point, witnesses told police the man ran off and entered a building in the 4000 block of North Ashland Avenue.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran off

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“Kicked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicked%20out. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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